• n. 犯罪，過錯(cuò)；進(jìn)攻；觸怒；引起反感的事物

來(lái)自offend,進(jìn)攻，冒犯，-s,過去分詞后綴，此處做名詞使用。引申詞義前鋒。

offense (n.)

late 14c., "hurt, harm, injury, pain," from Old French ofense "offense, insult, wrong" (13c.) and directly from Latin offensa "an offense, injury, affront, crime," literally "a striking against," noun use of fem. past participle of offendere (see offend). Meaning "action of attacking" and "feeling of being hurt" are both first recorded c. 1400. Sense of "breach of the law, transgression" is first recorded late 14c. Sporting sense first recorded 1894.

1. Between plays the coach was talking to the offense in the huddle.

中場(chǎng)時(shí)，這位教練對(duì)圍攏一圈的進(jìn)攻隊(duì)員進(jìn)行戰(zhàn)術(shù)指導(dǎo)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. to commit an offense

犯罪

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. I hope you will not take any offense at my words.

對(duì)我講的話請(qǐng)別見怪.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. Child abuse is a punishable offense.

虐待兒童是一種該受懲處的違法行為.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. His words gave great offense to everybody present.

他的發(fā)言沖犯了在場(chǎng)的所有人.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》