offence
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əˈfens]
- 美式音标 [əˈfɛns]
- 国际音标 [ə'fens]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.犯罪；過錯；攻擊，冒犯；令人討厭的事物
词源解说
- 14世紀晚期進入英語，直接源自古法語的ofense，意爲侮辱；最初源自拉丁語的offensa，意爲冒犯。
词根记忆
- of + fence(籬笆)→越過了別人家的籬笆→冒犯
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- offensive：攻擊的；冒犯的；無禮的；討厭的。
- offending：不愉快的；厭惡的。
- offenseless：無攻擊力的；不惹人的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- offensively：冒犯地；討厭地。
- n性質的同根詞
- offensive：攻勢；攻擊。
- offender：罪犯；冒犯者；違法者。
- offense：犯罪，過錯；進攻；觸怒；引起反感的事物。
- offensiveness：冒犯；令人討厭；進攻。
- v性質的同根詞
- offending：冒犯（offend的ing形式）。
- vi性質的同根詞
- offend：違反；進攻；引起不舒服。
- vt性質的同根詞
- offend：冒犯；使…不愉快。
用法辨析
- offence意爲“犯法,過錯”,使用範圍比較廣,可指觸犯國法,也可指違反槼章制度和任何失禮的言行。這個詞的英式英語拼法是offence,美式英語拼法是offense。
- 表示“違犯…,犯…罪”時, offence與 against 連用。
- offence還可表示“使人不悅的事物”。
n. (名詞)
英汉例句
- Because it was his first offence, the punishment wasn't too severe.
由於他是初犯,懲罸較輕。
用作名詞 (n.)
词组短语
- condone an ～ 不咎罪過
- expiate an ～ 贖罪
- forgive an ～ 寬恕過錯
- give ～ to sb 得罪某人
- overlook sb 's ～ 寬容某人的過錯
用作名詞 (n.)
動詞+～
英英字典
- (CRIME) an illegal act; a crime
- (UPSET FEELINGS) upset and hurt or annoyed feelings, often because someone has been rude or shown no respect
- the part of a game such as American football that involves trying to score points, or the players who try to score points
- AM offense
- Offence or an offence is behaviour that causes people to be upset or embarrassed.
- In sports such as football or basketball, the offence is the team which has possession of the ball and is trying to score.
- Some people say "no offence" to make it clear that they do not want to upset you, although what they are saying may seem rude.
- If someone takes offence at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.