a remark or an action that is said or done in order to offend somebody 辱罵；侮辱；冒犯 The crowd were shouting insults at the police. 人群大聲辱罵着警察。 - insult to somebody/something
His comments were seen as an insult to the president. 他的評論被看成是對主席的冒犯。 The questions were an insult to our intelligence (= too easy). 那些問題（簡單得）有辱我們的智慧。
Extra ExamplesI don't mean this as an insult, but I think the team would play better without you. 我不想羞辱你，不過我覺得球隊如果沒有你，表現會更好些。 I meant it as a bit of constructive advice, but he took it as a personal insult. 我的本意是提點兒建設性意見，但他卻把這視爲人身侮辱。 Insults were flying back and forth. 雙方你來我往，謾罵聲不絕於耳。 It was an insult to his wife. 那是對他妻子的侮辱。 The king is unlikely to forgive the insult offered to his ambassador. 派出的大使受到了侮辱，國王是不可能容忍的。 The two groups of fans exchanged insults. 兩幫粉絲互相謾罵。 To call a woman a girl is the ultimate insult. 把一個女人叫作小妞是極端的侮辱。 Whatever you do, don't call a 'railway enthusiast' a trainspotter—it's the ultimate insult. 無論如何，千萬别把收集火車頭號碼的人稱作“火車迷”，那是莫大的侮辱。 one of the worst insults you can throw at somebody 能夠加諸他人的最惡毒的侮辱之一
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bad
- grave
- great
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- hurl
- shout
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- fly
- insult to
- add insult to injury
- an insult to your intelligence
Idioms
add insult to injury
to make a bad relationship with somebody worse by offending them even more 傷害之餘又侮辱；（冒犯别人）令關系惡化 Then, to add insult to injury, they told me I couldn't get on the flight. 更糟糕的是，他們随後又告訴我說我不能登機。 It adds insult to injury that banks are allowed to increase their charges without our knowledge or consent. 銀行可以在我們不知情或者未同意的情況下提高收費，這可真是雪上加霜。 Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury, the floodlights went out during the second half. 只有區區300 人來看比賽，更糟糕的是，下半場連泛光燈都不亮了。