take umbrage at [sth]
最常用搭配,表示因某事生气。
She took umbrage at his comment about her work.
她对他关于她工作的评论感到不快。
因冒犯而产生的愤怒或烦恼;怀疑的感觉;提供阴凉的树叶,如树木的枝叶
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
因冒犯而产生的愤怒或烦恼
A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
怀疑的感觉
A feeling of doubt.
提供阴凉的树叶,如树木的枝叶
Leaves that provide shade, as the foliage of trees.
She took umbrage at his joke about her accent.
她因为他拿她口音开玩笑而感到不快。
用法提示:名词,作take的宾语,固定搭配take umbrage at表示因被冒犯而不高兴。
He expressed his umbrage by staying silent for the rest of the meeting.
他以在会议剩余时间里保持沉默来表达他的不快。
用法提示:名词,作expressed的宾语,指因被冒犯而产生的愤怒或恼火情绪。
To avoid causing umbrage, I apologized for my careless remark.
为了避免引起不快,我为自己轻率的言语道了歉。
用法提示:名词,作causing的宾语,表示冒犯他人、招致不快的含义。
最常用搭配,表示因某事生气。
She took umbrage at his comment about her work.
她对他关于她工作的评论感到不快。
较少见,但可用。
He felt umbrage when they ignored his suggestion.
当他们忽视他的建议时,他感到恼怒。
grammar · medium
易错句子She umbraged at his comment.
正确表达She took umbrage at his comment.
错误地将名词 'umbrage' 用作动词。正确的表达是 'take umbrage at',其中 'take' 是动词,'umbrage' 是不可数名词。
grammar · medium
易错句子He took umbrage with her words.
正确表达He took umbrage at her words.
介词使用错误。'take umbrage' 后应接介词 'at' 表示对某事物生气,而不是 'with'。
Umbrage表示生气,umbrella表示雨伞;后者是实物名词,前者是抽象情感名词。
Umbrage指因被冒犯而产生的不快,强度较轻;rage指暴怒,程度强烈。
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