insult
insult 英 [ɪnˈsʌlt] 美 [ɪnˈsʌlt]
vt. 侮辱；辱骂；损害 n. 侮辱；凌辱；无礼
进行时:insulting 过去式:insulted 过去分词:insulted 第三人称单数:insults 名词复数:insults
- If you insult someone, you have offended that person — either intentionally or unintentionally — through your actions or words. You might insult your host if you refuse to try the dessert he made from pasta, nuts, and chocolate sauce.
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- vt. 侮辱；辱骂；损害
- n. 侮辱；凌辱；无礼
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1. She was enraged at his insult.
她被他的侮辱激怒了。
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2. What he said stank of insult.
他所说的话含有侮辱的意味。
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3. I managed to pass off his insult.
我终于没去理会他的侮辱。
- insult (n.) c. 1600, "an attack;" 1670s as "an act of insulting, contemptuous treatment," from Middle French insult (14c.) or directly from Late Latin insultus "insult, scoffing," noun use of past participle of insilire, literally "to leap at or upon" (see insult (v.)). The older noun was insultation (1510s). To add insult to injury translates Latin injuriae contumeliam addere.
- insult (v.) 1560s, "triumph over in an arrogant way" (obsolete), from Middle French insulter "to wrong; reproach; triumph arrogantly over," earlier "to leap upon" (14c.) and directly from Latin insultare "to assail, to make a sudden leap upon," which was used by the time of Cicero in sense of "to insult, scoff at, revile," frequentative of insilire "leap at or upon," from in- "on, at" (from PIE root *en "in") + salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)).
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