affront

The implied claim that mine was the centra role was bound to be an affront to any president.

这种意味着自称我起了中心作用的话，肯定要得罪任何一位总统。

His conduct was an affront to "my dignity as a woman" , she wrote, before demanding a public apology.

她写道，他的行为对“我作为女性的尊严”是一种公开侮辱，之后要求她丈夫进行公开道歉。

She did not dare affront him, for she understood the pride of artists.

她不敢冒犯他，因为她明白艺术家最珍视尊严。

Howard ruled out any such affront to the dignity of his honoured guests, saying only that the APEC outfit would be "very Australian" .

而霍华德总理则不赞成此类有损于领导人尊严的建议，他只是说，这次为领导人们准备的服饰“很有澳大利亚特色”。

"And you do not cooperate. " The walls of his office made clear that the regime saw the opposition less as a threat than an affront.

他办公室的四面墙壁让你很清楚知道，这里的制度把反对党更多视作一种公开的侮辱而不仅仅是一种潜在的威胁。

The fact that the majority of Chinese are agnostics has always been an affront to American Protestant evangelists.

大多数中国人不相信上帝存在，这一直令美国的新教传道者深受冒犯。

and the affront it contained to Anne, in Mrs Clay's being of so much use, while Anne could be of none, was a very sore aggravation.

克莱夫人如此被重用，而安妮却一点也不受器重，这是对安妮的公然蔑视，怎能不叫人大为恼怒。

Don't take this as an affront to your trustworthiness -- they just want to see progress along the way.

别认为这是对你可靠性的侮辱，他们只是想知道整个项目的进程。

In this respect it was an affront to the state as much as to the carmaker, whose joint-venture partners are government-owned enterprises.

从这方面讲，这是对中国政府和本田两方面的叫板——本田的合资伙伴均为国有企业。

In Jackson it was counted an affront to the neighbors to start out for anywhere with an empty seat in the car.

在杰克逊镇，如果开车出门而车上剩有空座位，就被认为是对邻居的冒犯。

Her great white hat with its vulgar, showy flowers was an affront.

她的大白帽子印着庸俗刺目的花朵，本身就是一种挑衅。

He took his son's desertion as a personal affront.

他把儿子的离开看作是对他个人的侮辱。

Doubt . . . doubt, is the jealous man says when he has just seen through the keyhole hindquarters about to affront legs that he knows well.

怀疑、、、怀疑，那就是妒忌的男人所说的话，当他透过钥匙孔，窥看到身体的后半身，即将四脚合并，他知道得很清楚。

But if American parents did this, it would be seen as shortsighted and an affront to the dignity of their children.

但是，假如美国父母这样做，就会被视为目光短浅，而且会冒犯孩子的尊严。

His refusal to see me was an affront.

他拒绝见我，这对我是个侮辱。

She seemed to take it as a personal affront if he spent too much time talking with Anna .

如果罗斯福同安娜谈话的时间多，埃莉诺似乎就认为这是对她本人的怠慢。

Even when no one is killed, the trauma of doors being kicked down and women exposed to strangers is seen as a grave affront.

陌生人破门而入，妇女暴露在他们面前，即便没有人员伤亡，这些痛苦经历也是严重的侮辱与冒犯。

His contentment would be short-lived. France was bankrupt, and its monarchy an affront to the Enlightenment.

但这种令他满足的状况好景不长，法国陷于破产，其君主制也成为对启蒙运动的公然蔑视。

Could he expect to be noticed again by the regiment, after such an affront to Colonel Forster?

难道他还以为这一次冒犯弗斯脱上校以后，还好意思回到民兵团里去吗？

If you are challenged, you take it as a personal affront and tend to lash out and fight back in a vengeful manner.

如果你是挑战，你把它作为个人的侮辱，往往批评，并争取在报复性地回来。