offend學測 L4KK [əˈfɛnd] ｜ /əˈfɛnd/
冒犯;觸怒·違反;觸犯
學測常考,形容詞形式超好混淆
He didn't mean to offend anyone, but his comment crossed a line no one had told him about.
他沒有想冒犯任何人,但那句話踩過了一條沒人事先告訴他的底線。
一個畫面：踩到地雷
隱形底線規矩或心情都有一條看不見的線
一腳踩下常是不小心,沒注意就越界
引爆反擊對方生氣受傷,或換來處罰
義項
踩到痛處B1verb冒犯;觸怒
I didn't mean to offend him with my comment, but he got angry anyway.
我不是故意要冒犯他,但他還是生氣了。
offend someoneeasily offended
越界犯規C1verb違反;觸犯
If you keep offending against the traffic rules, you may end up losing your driving license.
如果你一直違反交通規則,最後可能會被吊銷駕照。
offend against the lawoffend against a rule
片語
no offense先打預防針 →先聲明這句話不是故意的
take offense心被刺到 →因此感到生氣或受傷
easily offended玻璃心 →一點小事就受傷生氣
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He felt hurt and believed the comedian's jokes were rude on purpose. Which word describes his feeling? (offended / offensive)
看答案
offended
offended 是感覺被冒犯,offensive 是形容讓人反感的言行本身。
'If you keep offending against the traffic rules, you may lose your driving license.' 這裡的 offend 最接近:(A) 傷害感情 (B) 違反規定 (C) 使人厭惡
看答案
(B)
offend against 表示違反規則,而非傷害某人感情。
字族
offense 冒犯;違規行為・offensive 冒犯人的;攻擊性的・offended 感到被冒犯的