offensive

英[ə'fensɪv] 美[ə'fensɪv]

CET4 TEM8 GRE 考研 TOEFL CET6

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adj. (形容词)

n. (名词)

adj. (形容词)

n. (名词)

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Adjective:

violating or tending to violate or offend against;
"violative of the principles of liberty"
"considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
for the purpose of attack rather than defense;
"offensive weapons"
causing anger or annoyance;
"offensive remarks"
morally offensive;
"an unsavory reputation"
"an unsavory scandal"
unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses;
"offensive odors"
substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ;
"`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
causing or able to cause nausea;
"a nauseating smell"
"nauseous offal"
"a sickening stench"

1. The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.: 军队现在似乎已经发起了反攻。

2. They wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.: 他们希望我将题目修改一下，以免显得太过冒犯。

3. He would soon launch a second offensive, killing off the peace process.: 他不久将会再次发动进攻，彻底毁掉整个和平进程。

4. The police nicked me for carrying an offensive weapon.: 警察以携带攻击性武器为由逮捕了我。

5. The last offensive drove thousands of people into Thailand.: 最后一次进攻将成千上万的人赶到了泰国。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作名词 (n.)

In meetings she always takes the offensive before she can be criticized.
在会上，她不等别人批评她而总是先发制人。
Our army made a fierce offensive against the enemy.
我军向敌人发起了猛烈的攻击。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语 ～+ n.

用作宾语补足语 S+V+O+～

用作名词 (n.)

aggression，invasion，assault，attack，offensive: 这些名词均有“进攻、侵略”之意。

aggression词义宽泛，既可指武装入侵别国领土，又可指文化、经济等方面的侵略。侧重敌意行动和征服的企图。

invasion多指具体的侵入或侵犯别国领土，也可用于指抽象事件。

assault主要指突然而猛烈的进攻。

attack普通用词，含义广，指事先不发警告，主动地向对方发起武力进攻或对言论等进行抨击。

offensive多指进攻的态势，常指大规模的协同军事行动。