The spelling offense is used in American English. The pronunciation 'ɒfens/ is used for meaning 3. 拼写offense用于美国英语中。义项3读作/'ɒfens/。
1 N-COUNT 违法行为;罪行 An
offence is a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment.
违法行为;罪行 -
Thirteen people have been charged with treason — an offence which can carry the death penalty.
13人被控犯有叛国罪—一种可处死刑的罪行。
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In Britain the Consumer Protection Act makes it a criminal offence to sell goods that are unsafe.
英国的《消费者保护法》规定销售不安全物品属刑事犯罪行为。
2 N-VAR 冒犯;得罪 Offence or an
offence is behaviour which causes people to be upset or embarrassed.
冒犯;得罪 3 N-SING [the NOUN] (体育运动中的)进攻队,进攻方 In sports such as American football or basketball,
the offense is the team which has possession of the ball and is trying to score.
(体育运动中的)进攻队,进攻方 [US] 4 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 冒犯;得罪;惹恼 If you
cause offence or
give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
冒犯;得罪;惹恼 5 CONVENTION 别见怪;无冒犯之意 Some people say '
no offence' to make it clear that they do not want to upset you, although what they are saying may seem rather rude.
别见怪;无冒犯之意 [formulae] 6 PHRASE (常指不必要地)(对…)生气,(因…)见怪 If someone
takes offence at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
(常指不必要地)(对…)生气,(因…)见怪 -
She never takes offence at anything.
什么事都不会让她生气。
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Never had she seen him so tense, so quick to take offence as he had been in recent weeks.
她从未见过他像最近几周这样高度紧张,动不动就生气。
SYN be offended,
resent,
be upset,
be outraged ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | offence Also look up: |
N. | crime, infraction, violation, wrongdoing 1 assault, attack, insult, put-down, snub 2 |
Word Partnership | Use offence with: |
ADJ. | criminal offence 1 serious offence 1 2 |
VERB. | commit an offence 1 take offence 6 |
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