英 [əˈfend əˈɡenst] 美 [əˈfend əˈɡenst]
违反规则或原则，或与人们认为正确的事物不相符：指违反规则、原则或与人们认为正确的事物不相符。
... offend against违犯;触犯;违背 offend at对 offend by用 ...
... object to 反对 offend against 冒犯 persist in 坚持 ...
犯罪(offend against), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
违犯；犯罪
The idea seems to offend against logic.
这个想法似乎违背逻辑。
We mustn't offend against their customs.
我们不能违反他们的风俗。
This would offend against the principle of fairness.
那会违反公正的原则。
It would offend against the principle of free expression, he said: a principle revered in America, but not in Iran.
But who is to decide which restrictions are reasonable and which offend against what the Supreme Court has now declared to be a fundamental right?
As for that other fight, against Saddam, Guinea is in a pickle, anxious to offend neither France nor America.