offend

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult. transitive
    — Your accusations offend me deeply.
  2. To feel or become offended; to take insult. intransitive
    — Don't worry. I don't offend easily.
  3. To physically harm, pain. transitive
    — Strong light offends the eye.
  4. To annoy, cause discomfort or resent. transitive
    — Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience
  5. To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules. intransitive
    — I dailie and hourelie offend in thought, word, and deed, in a relapſe by mine owne weakneſſe and wilfulneſſe, my bonus Genius, my good protecting angel is gone, I am falne from that I was, or would bee, worſe and worſe, […]
  6. To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement. transitive
    — Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.
  7. To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. archaic,obsolete,transitive
    — "If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."

词形变化

offends present,singular,third-person offending participle,present offended participle,past offended past

词源

From Middle French offendre, from Latin offendō (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fendō (“strike”).
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