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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!
誰也别想侮辱了我的家人之後就這麽算了！
I hope Andy won’t be insulted if I don’t come.
如果我不來，希望安迪不要介意。
insult somebody by doing something
They insult us by ignoring our complaints.
他們對我們的投訴不理不睬，這是在侮辱我們。
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.
我不想撒謊來侮辱你的智商。是，我告訴他了。
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 辱罵；侮辱；冒犯
She was shouting insults at her boyfriend.
她正對她的男朋友高聲辱罵。
$200 for all that work? It’s an insult.
幹那麽多工作才給200美元？這簡直是侮辱。
Their offer was so low I took it as an insult (=thought it was meant to be an insult).
他們的出價太低，我認爲是一種侮辱。
2  be an insult to somebody’s intelligence STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENTto offend someone by being too simple or stupid 〔因過於簡單或愚蠢而〕是對某人智商的侮辱
Some advertising is an insult to our intelligence.
有些廣告對我們的智商是一種侮辱。
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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