insulting• I find his behaviour towards me extremely insulting.• I find your criticism deeply insulting.• Patting a woman on the head can be insulting.• He was accused of using threatening or insulting behaviour and of assaulting a police officer.• She started making insultingcomments about the size of my stomach.• I wasn't being deliberately insulting. I simply meant that more exercise would be good for you.• advice that is extremely insulting to unemployed people• Sexistlanguage is very insulting to women.• It's insulting when people assume I must be a racist because I'm from the South.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, seem, sound有侮辱性;似乎無禮;聽起來冒犯▸➤become變得無禮▸➤find sth感覺⋯無禮◇I find it insulting to be spoken to in that way.我覺得對我那樣說話太侮辱人了。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常無禮▸➤highly極具冒犯性▸➤almost幾乎是侮辱性的◇He made the question sound almost insulting.他的問題問得幾乎有些冒犯。➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些無禮▸➤vaguely略有些無禮PREPOSITION➤to對⋯是冒犯◇His opinions are highly insulting to women.他的觀點對女性極具侮辱性。
➡ See also the entry for offensive另见offensive条insulting ♦︎ derogatory ♦︎ disparaging ♦︎ pejorativeThese words all describe an expression of disapproval that may be offensive to sb.这些词均表示冒犯的、贬损的、轻蔑的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆insulting / derogatory to sb◆an insulting / a derogatory / a disparaging remark / comment◆an insulting / a derogatory / a disparaging / a pejorative term / word■insultingcausing or intending to cause sb to feel offended侮辱的;冒犯的;无礼的◆He denies charges of insulting behaviour to a police officer.他否认了对一名警察有侮辱行为的指控。◆She was really insulting to me.她对我实在粗鲁无礼。 see also insult ⇨ offend▸insultingly
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◆He behaved insultingly towards her and should apologize.他对她举止无礼,应该道歉。■derogatory dɪˈrɒgətri; NAmEdɪˈrɑːgətɔːrishowing strong disapproval and a lack of respect towards sb贬低的;轻蔑的◆He complained that the supervisor had made derogatory remarks about him.他抱怨主管说了一些贬斥他的话。■disparagingdɪˈspærɪdʒɪŋ (formal) criticizing sb/sth in a way that suggests that they are not important or valuable贬损的;轻视的◆She made some disparaging remarks about standards in education.她发表了一些贬损教育水准的言辞。NOTE辨析 Derogatory or disparaging?These words are very close in meaning. Derogatory remarks are usually about a person or group of people, and are usually unfair to them. Disparaging remarks may be fair or unfair, and may be about people or things.这两个词的含义很接近。derogatory通常指针对某个人或某群人的言辞,常常是不公正的。用disparaging形容的言辞可能公正,也可能不公正,可能针对人,也可能针对事◆She made some derogatory remarks about standards in education.■pejorativepɪˈdʒɒrətɪv; NAmEpɪˈdʒɔːrətɪv, pɪˈdʒɑːrətɪv (formal) (of a word or remark) expressing disapproval or criticism(言辞)贬损的,批评性的◆I'm using the word 'academic' here in a pejorative sense.我这里使用的“学术”一词是贬义的。▸pejoratively
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◆These days the term 'chauvinist' is always used pejoratively.“沙文主义者”一词现在总是作为贬义词使用。