offence
“Offence”是一个英语名词,它有几个主要含义,包括:
- 犯罪或违法行为;例如:“commit an offence”(犯罪)
- 使人感到不悦、冒犯或侮辱之事;例如:“take offence”(感到受到侮辱)
- (体育比赛中)进攻方。
- Committing such an offence could lead to imprisonment. (犯下此类罪行可能会导致入狱。)
- She took offence at his insensitive remarks. (她对他的无情发言感到受到侮辱。)
- 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”。
发展历史和文化背景
Section titled “发展历史和文化背景”“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。)