طرق النطق (2)
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/əˈfɛnd/
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əˈfɛnd
فعل
To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
الاستعمال- متعدٍ
- أمثلة
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Your accusations offend me deeply.
أمثلة إضافية (2)
‘ […] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended. She saw us but she didn't know us, did she?’.
One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off.
To feel or become offended; to take insult.
الاستعمال- لازم
- أمثلة
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Don't worry. I don't offend easily.
To physically harm, pain.
الاستعمال- متعدٍ
- أمثلة
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Strong light offends the eye.
أمثلة إضافية (1)
Som fowles there be that have so perfaict ſight Agayn the Sonne their Iyes for to defend And ſom bicauſe the light doeth theim offend Do never pere but in the darke or nyght
To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
الاستعمال- متعدٍ
- أمثلة
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Physically enjoyable frivolity can still offend the conscience
To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
الاستعمال- لازم
- أمثلة
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أمثلة إضافية (1)
I dailie and hourelie offend in thought, word, and deed, in a relapſe by mine owne weakneſſe and wilfulneſſe, my bonus Genius, my good protecting angel is gone, I am falne from that I was, or would bee, worſe and worſe, […]
To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
الاستعمال- متعدٍ
- with "against"
- أمثلة
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Wearing faded baggy offends against the club's rules of proper dress.
أمثلة إضافية (1)
The plaintiff’s claim is replete with conclusions, expressions of opinion, and evidence. Therefore, the statement of claim offends the rules of pleading and ought to be struck out pursuant to Queen’s Bench Rule 25.11(b).
To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
الاستعمال- عتيق
- مهجور
- متعدٍ
- أمثلة
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"If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."
"If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."
فعل
cause to feel resentment or indignation
- مرادفات
- مصطلحات أعمّ
- أمثلة
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Her tactless remark offended me
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- مصطلحات أعمّ
- أمثلة
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offend all laws of humanity
violate the basic laws or human civilization
أمثلة إضافية (2)
break a law
break a promise
strike with disgust or revulsion
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The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
hurt the feelings of
- أمثلة
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She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
This remark really bruised my ego