ADJECTIVE | VERB + INSULT | INSULT + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bad, grave, great, terrible惡毒的/嚴重的/極大的/傷害極大的侮辱◇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➤final, ultimate莫大的侮辱◇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。➤calculated, deliberate (especially BrE) 蓄意的/故意的侮辱➤direct (especially NAmE) 直接的侮辱▸➤personal人身侮辱VERB + INSULT➤hurl, shout, throw高聲辱罵;大聲辱罵;謾罵◇They were hurling insults at the police.他們高聲辱罵警察。➤mean sth as⋯意在侮辱◇I 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。➤take sth as把⋯當作羞辱◇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,但他卻把這視為人身侮辱。➤endure, suffer忍受/遭受羞辱◇Foreigners have to suffer constant insults from the local population.外國人不得不遭受當地人不斷的侮辱。➤exchange, trade互相辱罵◇The two groups of fans exchanged insults.兩幫粉絲互相謾罵。INSULT + VERB➤fly辱罵聲漫天飛◇Insults were flying back and forth.雙方你來我往,謾罵聲不絕於耳。PREPOSITION➤insult to對⋯的侮辱◇It was an insult to his wife.那是對他妻子的侮辱。PHRASES➤add insult to injury傷害之外又加侮辱;雪上加霜的是◇Then, to add insult to injury (= to make things worse), they told me I couldn't get on the flight.更糟糕的是,他們隨後又告訴我說我不能登機。➤an insult to your intelligence對智力的侮辱◇The questions were a real insult to our intelligence (= because they were too easy).那些問題實在是有辱我們的智商。insult
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ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤publicly當眾侮辱◇He was dismissed for publicly insulting prominent politicians.他因當眾辱罵政要而被辭退。PHRASES➤be insulted, feel insulted受到侮辱;感覺受到侮辱◇I felt deeply insulted that she hadn't asked me to the meeting.她沒請我參加會議,我感覺深受侮辱。