affront

UK:  [ə'frʌnt]

US:  [ə'frʌnt]

复数：affronts  现在分词：affronting  过去分词：affronted  

v.

1.侮辱,冒犯

2.触犯,冒犯;拌嘴;生气

3.毅然对抗,泰然面对

n.

1.当众侮辱

2.得罪;怠慢

3.挑衅;无理举动

1 . Howard ruled out any such affront to the dignity of his honoured guests, saying only that the APEC outfit would be "very Australian" .
而霍华德总理则不赞成此类有损于领导人尊严的建议，他只是说，这次为领导人们准备的服饰“很有澳大利亚特色”。

2 . His conduct was an affront to "my dignity as a woman" , she wrote, before demanding a public apology.
她写道，他的行为对“我作为女性的尊严”是一种公开侮辱，之后要求她丈夫进行公开道歉。

3 . The implied claim that mine was the centra role was bound to be an affront to any president.
这种意味着自称我起了中心作用的话，肯定要得罪任何一位总统。

4 . She did not dare affront him, for she understood the pride of artists.
她不敢冒犯他，因为她明白艺术家最珍视尊严。

5 . "And you do not cooperate. " The walls of his office made clear that the regime saw the opposition less as a threat than an affront.
他办公室的四面墙壁让你很清楚知道，这里的制度把反对党更多视作一种公开的侮辱而不仅仅是一种潜在的威胁。