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offence

“Offence”是一个英语名词,它有几个主要含义,包括:

  1. 犯罪或违法行为;例如:“commit an offence”(犯罪)
  2. 使人感到不悦、冒犯或侮辱之事;例如:“take offence”(感到受到侮辱)
  3. (体育比赛中)进攻方。
  1. Committing such an offence could lead to imprisonment. (犯下此类罪行可能会导致入狱。)
  2. She took offence at his insensitive remarks. (她对他的无情发言感到受到侮辱。)
  3. The team’s offence was really powerful. (这支队伍的进攻力量真的很强。)

“Offence”的词根来自拉丁词”fendere”,意为”打击”。这里的”off-”前缀增加了动作的强度。

“Offence”没有特定的词缀,但是其复数形式是通过在词尾添加”-s”得到的,形成”offences”。

“Offence”一词的使用可以追溯到14世纪中叶,源自拉丁语”offensa”,意为”冒犯,攻击”。在现代英语中,它是一个非常常用的词汇,广泛用于法律,社会和日常对话中。

  • 单复数:Offence - Offences (犯罪 - 犯罪)
  • 形容词:Offensive (冒犯的)
  • 副词:Offensively (冒犯地)
  • 固定搭配:commit an offence (犯罪), take offence at something (对某事感到冒犯)

可以将”offence”和”fence”(篱笆)联系起来,想象超过篱笆就是犯法,或者打破篱笆可能冒犯了篱笆的主人。

Once, a boy named Tim trespassed a garden. The owner took it as an offence and warned him sternly. Tim learned his lesson. (曾经,一个叫做Tim的男孩擅自进入了一个花园。花园的主人把这视为一种冒犯,并严厉警告他。Tim吸取了教训。)