| 词组 | insult |
| 释义 | noun | verb insult1 /ˈɪnsʌlt/ noun a remark or action that is offensive or deliberately rudeverbsshout/hurl insults at sb He was drunk and started shouting insults at us.take sth as an insult (=think it is an insult) He took the comparison to the older writer as an insult.mean sth as an insult I didn’t mean it as an insult.people trade/exchange insults (=insult each other) Supporters of both sides traded insults.ignore an insult Scott ignored the insult and continued walking.adjectivesa personal insult He took my remark as a personal insult.a great/terrible insult In their culture, it is a great insult to refuse food that is offered to you.the ultimate/worst/greatest insult Being called weak was the ultimate insult.a deliberate/calculated insult It was a deliberate insult, and I will never forgive him for it.a gratuitous insult (=an insult that there is no reason for) He was hurt by their gratuitous insults.a racial/racist insult Racial insults in sport will not be tolerated.prepositionsan insult to sb/sth Not preparing properly is an insult to your audience.phrasesan exchange of insults The fight between the two men began with an exchange of insults.The final insultYou use this phrase about the last and most annoying of a series of things that happened to you: The final insult was that they later claimed they had never received my complaint.THESAURUS: insult abuse rude or offensive things that someone says to someone: They were hurling abuse at each other. | When he objected, he received a torrent of abuse (=a lot of abuse). | The word ‘hippie’ had become a term of abuse. affront formal an action that offends or insults someone: This vandalism is an affront to the memory of those who died defending their country. | He took my decision as a personal affront. slur a remark that insults someone or something or will make people have a bad opinion of them: He used a racial slur to insult a co-worker. | How dare she cast a slur on my character? noun | verb insult2 /ɪnˈsʌlt/ verb to offend someone by saying or doing something they think is rudeverbspublicly insult sb He accused the newspaper of publicly insulting him.allegedly insult sb (=used when people say this but it has not been proved) She allegedly insulted Mr Harris’s wife during the interview.verbsfeel insulted Staff felt insulted by the company’s pay offer.nounsinsult sb’s intelligence (=say or do something that suggests you think someone is stupid) Don’t insult my intelligence by telling me such an obvious lie!insult sb’s honour BrE insult sb’s honor AmE (=show someone a lack of respect) He claimed the man had insulted his wife’s honour by trying to kiss her.insult sb’s memory (=insult someone who has died) Their actions insult the memory of our dead troops.insult sb’s family Nobody insults my family and gets away with it! |
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