• vt. 冒犯；使…不愉快
• vi. 違反；進(jìn)攻；引起不舒服

of-,向前，朝向，-fend,攻擊，詞源同defend,manifest.引申詞義進(jìn)攻，冒犯。

offend

offend: [14] Latin offendere meant ‘strike against’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix ob- ‘a(chǎn)gainst’ and -fendere ‘hit’ (source also of English defend). Its literal sense survived into English (‘The navy is a great defence and surety of this realm in time of war, as well to offend as defend’ proclaimed an act of parliament of Henry VIII’s time), and continues to do so in the derivatives offence [14] and offensive [16], but as far as the verb is concerned only the metaphorical ‘hurt the feelings’ and ‘violate’ remain.
=> defend, fend

offend (v.)

early 14c., "to sin against (someone)," from Old French ofendre "transgress, antagonize," and directly from Latin offendere "to hit, strike against," figuratively "to stumble, commit a fault, displease, trespass against, provoke," from ob "against" (see ob-) + -fendere "to strike" (found only in compounds; see defend).

Meaning "to violate (a law), to make a moral false step, to commit a crime" is from late 14c. Meaning "to wound the feelings" is from late 14c. The literal sense of "to attack, assail" is attested from late 14c.; this has been lost in Modern English, but is preserved in offense and offensive. Related: Offended; offending.

1. There can be little doubt that he will offend again.

毋庸置疑他還會(huì)再犯的。

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2. I try to offend the least amount of people possible.

我盡量少得罪人。

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3. Television censors are cutting out scenes which they claim may offend.

電視節(jié)目審查官正在剪掉他們稱(chēng)有可能會(huì)令人反感的一些鏡頭。

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4. I wouldn't sunbathe topless if I thought I might offend anyone.

如果我覺(jué)得會(huì)冒犯任何人，我就不會(huì)袒露上身進(jìn)行日光浴了。

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5. It is a sacrilege to offend democracy.

違反民主是冒天下之大不韙。

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