Word · Frequency #13922
affront
公开冒犯；侮辱；羞辱
核心释义
An open or deliberate insult, offense, or slight.
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公开或故意的冒犯、轻慢或侮辱。
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
公开或故意的冒犯、轻慢或侮辱。；公开侮辱；轻蔑
用法In use
She considered his refusal to shake her hand a personal affront.
用法提示：此处affront作名词，意为‘侮辱’，指一种冒犯的行为。
The politician's remarks were seen as an affront to the entire community.
用法提示：affront后接介词to，表示对某人的冒犯。
He took the criticism as an affront to his professional integrity.
用法提示：affront与动词take搭配，表示‘认为……是侮辱’。
an affront to sb/sth
affront 常用于单数，与 to 搭配，表示“对……的冒犯或侮辱”。
The comments were an affront to the entire community.
这些言论是对整个群体的公然侮辱。
take sth as an affront
take sth as an affront 表示“把某事当作一种侮辱”，personal affront 是常见搭配。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- an affront to
- 对……的公开侮辱
- The new law is an affront to our freedom.这项新法律是对我们自由的公开侮辱。
- personal affront
- 人身侮辱
- He took her criticism as a personal affront.他把她的批评视为人身侮辱。
- deliberate affront
- 蓄意侮辱
- Her silence was a deliberate affront to the guests.她的沉默是对客人的蓄意侮辱。
- public affront
- 公开侮辱
- The article was seen as a public affront to the community.这篇文章被视为对社区的公开侮辱。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把affront联想成'a front'（一个正面），当众正面给人难堪，即为冒犯。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary texts、formal speeches affront 作名词时通常用于正式或文学语境，多指公开的冒犯或侮辱，日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 affront /əˈfrʌnt/ 押韵的词有 front, confront, hunt, blunt, grunt, stunt（重读部分都是 /ʌnt/，其中 front 和 confront 还共享拼写 chunk “front”）。注意形近但发音不同的 -aunt 词：aunt /ænt/、haunt /hɔːnt/、jaunt /dʒɔːnt/，它们不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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