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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6862 COCA: 6568

insult

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in·sult1 /ɪnˈsʌlt/ ●●○ verb [transitiveT]  
1  INSULTOFFENDto offend someone by saying or doing something they think is rude 侮辱；冒犯
 Nobody insults my family and gets away with it!
谁也别想侮辱了我的家人之后就这么算了！
 I hope Andy won’t be insulted if I don’t come.
如果我不来，希望安迪不要介意。
insult somebody by doing something
 They insult us by ignoring our complaints.
他们对我们的投诉不理不睬，这是在侮辱我们。
2  insult somebody’s intelligence to say or do something that suggests you think someone is stupid 侮辱某人的智商
 I won’t insult your intelligence by lying. Yes, I told him.
我不想撒谎来侮辱你的智商。是，我告诉他了。
Examples from the Corpus
insult• They offered me $20 for a whole day's work - I felt really insulted.• Jarvis was fired for insulting a customer.• Those who invoke it are signalling an equivocal stance on slavery, at best, and thus are insulting all black people.• She went out of her way to pass near him, and he went out of his way to insult her.• Then the chief insulted him and the pony, saying the animal looked just like a mud pony.• She hadn't called him ever since she had insulted him.• You insult my intelligence with your crude methods!• questions that insult the intelligence of the interviewee• I want to insult this guy.• I won't insult you by explaining the rules of the game.• In some cultures, you insult your host if you do not accept their offer of food.
insult somebody by doing something• He insulted the delegates by refusing to shake their hands.
in·sult2 /ˈɪnsʌlt/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  INSULTOFFENDa remark or action that is offensive or deliberately rude 辱骂；侮辱；冒犯
 She was shouting insults at her boyfriend.
她正对她的男朋友高声辱骂。
 $200 for all that work? It’s an insult.
干那么多工作才给200美元？这简直是侮辱。
 Their offer was so low I took it as an insult (=thought it was meant to be an insult).
他们的出价太低，我认为是一种侮辱。
2  be an insult to somebody’s intelligence STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTto offend someone by being too simple or stupid 〔因过于简单或愚蠢而〕是对某人智商的侮辱
 Some advertising is an insult to our intelligence.
有些广告对我们的智商是一种侮辱。
Examples from the Corpus
be an insult to somebody’s intelligence• It is an insult to our intelligence.
→ add insult to injury at add(8)
Examples from the Corpus
insult• But the finger stayed down and, to add insult, Sri Lanka's batsmen trotted a cheeky leg bye.• Adding insult to injury, a double cross awaits our luckless hero in the final stanza.• I said something about her new hairstyle and she took it as an insult.• Gable regards this as an insult to the audience handed out by critics who consider themselves on a higher level.• Melinda Mullins -- a presence to remember -- plays the prima donna, Hilary, who tosses off an insult a minute.• You mustn't wear your shoes inside the temple -- it is a great insult.• In such a case, honest insult, based upon fact, would make us feel more comfortable.• People were hurling insults at the players as they walked off the pitch.• The longer he talked, the more insults the crowd yelled at him.• She took it as a personal insult that you did not ask her opinion about your book.• Would she scream insults, or perhaps cling on to him for grim death and beg for another chance?• Outside the pub, a drunk was shouting insults at everyone who came past.• Despite the threats, the insults, the accusations, had she thought he would never physically strike her?
Origin insult1
(1500-1600) French insulter, from Latin insultare “to jump on, insult”, from saltare “to jump”
in·sult1 verbin·sult2 noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6862 COCA: 6568
insult

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + INSULT | INSULT + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤bad, grave, great, terrible惡毒的／嚴重的／極大的／傷害極大的侮辱◇one of the worst insults you can throw at somebody能夠加諸他人的最惡毒的侮辱之一➤final, ultimate莫大的侮辱◇To call a woman a girl is the ultimate insult.把一個女人叫作小妞是極端的侮辱。➤calculated, deliberate (especially BrE) 蓄意的／故意的侮辱➤direct (especially NAmE) 直接的侮辱▸➤personal人身侮辱VERB + INSULT➤hurl, shout, throw高聲辱罵；大聲辱罵；謾罵◇They were hurling insults at the police.他們高聲辱罵警察。➤mean sth as⋯意在侮辱◇I don't mean this as an insult, but I think the team would play better without you.我不想羞辱你，不過我覺得球隊如果沒有你，表現會更好些。➤take sth as把⋯當作羞辱◇I meant it as a bit of constructive advice, but he took it as a personal insult.我的本意是提點兒建設性意見，但他卻把這視為人身侮辱。➤endure, suffer忍受／遭受羞辱◇Foreigners have to suffer constant insults from the local population.外國人不得不遭受當地人不斷的侮辱。➤exchange, trade互相辱罵◇The two groups of fans exchanged insults.兩幫粉絲互相謾罵。INSULT + VERB➤fly辱罵聲漫天飛◇Insults were flying back and forth.雙方你來我往，謾罵聲不絕於耳。PREPOSITION➤insult to對⋯的侮辱◇It was an insult to his wife.那是對他妻子的侮辱。PHRASES➤add insult to injury傷害之外又加侮辱；雪上加霜的是◇Then, to add insult to injury (= to make things worse), they told me I couldn't get on the flight.更糟糕的是，他們隨後又告訴我說我不能登機。➤an insult to your intelligence對智力的侮辱◇The questions were a real insult to our intelligence (= because they were too easy).那些問題實在是有辱我們的智商。
insult

verb

ADVERB | PHRASES ADVERB➤publicly當眾侮辱◇He was dismissed for publicly insulting prominent politicians.他因當眾辱罵政要而被辭退。PHRASES➤be insulted, feel insulted受到侮辱；感覺受到侮辱◇I felt deeply insulted that she hadn't asked me to the meeting.她沒請我參加會議，我感覺深受侮辱。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6862 COCA: 6568
insult verb
⇨ offend
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6862 COCA: 6568
insult
General words for insults and insulting: a slap in the face, cut, insult...
Comments and remarks: acknowledgment, afterthought, allusion...
To insult or offend someone: insult, offend, wound...

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