英 [əˈfrʌnt] 美 [əˈfrʌnt]
n. （当众）侮辱，（故意）冒犯；
v. 冒犯，侮辱；面对；相遇
复数affronts
第三人称单数affronts
现在分词affronting
过去式affronted
过去分词affronted
affront /əˈfrʌnt/ TEM8 [ affronting affronted affronts ]
及物动词 If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. 侮辱
One recent example, which particularly affronted Kasparov, was at the European team championship in Hungary.
近期的一个尤其使卡斯帕罗夫受辱的例子是在匈牙利的欧洲团体锦标赛上。
可数名词 If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you. 侮辱
It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.
让一个人如此活着是对人类尊严的一种侮辱。
侮辱
... slight轻微的 affront侮辱 deflower使(女子)失去童贞...
... afflict 折磨 affront 冒犯 aftermath 数学之后就是后果啊啊啊啊啊啊啊 ...
... affront公开侮辱 ephemeral短暂的，转瞬即逝的 endorse支持赞同 ...
... confront使面临，对抗 affront脸一直凑过去-->冒犯，侮辱 effrontery厚颜无耻 ...
冒犯，有意冒犯；面对；公开侮辱
轻蔑；公开侮辱
It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.
让一个人如此活着是对人类尊严的一种侮辱。
What a Westerner considers an honest look in the eye, the Oriental takes as a lack of respect and a personal affront.
西方人认为是真诚的眼神，而东方人则认为是缺乏尊重和对个人的侮辱。
The play was considered an affront to public morals.
人们认为这出戏侮辱了公众道德。
Islamic leaders said the new code contains provisions that are an affront to the country's traditional values and religious beliefs.
VOA : standard.2009.08.27
And Malema during his news conference Thursday hurled insults at a white reporter and expelled him for a question he felt was an affront.
VOA : standard.2010.04.08
It is an affront to the Constitution and an assault on the rights of individuals.
Never really having been challenged, when the challenge finally comes, it seems an affront.
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Bristling citizens and indignant pundits quickly denounced the affront to the country's highest office.
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