offences

英 [əˈfɛnsɪz]

美

n.  违法行为; 犯罪; 罪行; 冒犯; 搅扰; 侮辱
offence的复数

柯林斯词典

The spelling offense is used in American English. The pronunciation /'ɒfens/ is used for meaning 3. 拼写offense用于美国英语中。义项3读作/'ɒfens/。


• N-COUNT 违法行为；罪行
  Anoffenceis a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment.
  1. Thirteen people have been charged with treason — an offence which can carry the death penalty...
     13人被控犯有叛国罪——一种可处死刑的罪行。
  2. In Britain the Consumer Protection Act makes it a criminal offence to sell goods that are unsafe.
     英国的《消费者保护法》规定销售不安全物品属刑事犯罪行为。
• N-VAR 冒犯；得罪
  Offenceor anoffenceis behaviour which causes people to be upset or embarrassed.
  1. The book might be published without creating offense...
     出版这本书可能不会引起人们的反感。
  2. Privilege determined by birth is an offence to any modern sense of justice.
     与生俱来的特权是对现代公正意识的亵渎。
• N-SING （体育运动中的）进攻队，进攻方
  In sports such as American football or basketball,the offenseis the team which has possession of the ball and is trying to score.
  1. Between plays the coach was talking to the offense in the huddle.
     中场时，这位教练对围拢一圈的进攻队员进行战术指导。
• PHRASE 冒犯；得罪；惹恼
  If youcause offenceorgive offenceto someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
  1. It says the photograph is likely cause distress and offence to the public...
     上面说这张照片可能引起公众的忧虑和反感。
  2. We have had our differences and I'm sorry if it has caused offence.
     我们有过一些分歧，如有得罪我很抱歉。
• CONVENTION 别见怪；无冒犯之意
  Some people say 'no offence' to make it clear that they do not want to upset you, although what they are saying may seem rather rude.
  1. Dad, you need a bath. No offence.
     爸爸，别见怪，不过你该洗澡了。
• PHRASE （常指不必要地）(对…)生气，(因…)见怪
  If someonetakes offence atsomething you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
  1. She never takes offence at anything...
     什么事都不会让她生气。
  2. Never had she seen him so tense, so quick to take offence as he had been in recent weeks.
     她从未见过他像最近几周这样高度紧张，动不动就生气。

双语例句

• It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished
  一些人屡屡犯罪却从未受到惩戒，这真让我气愤。
• Donaldson was a petty crook with a string of previous offences.
  唐纳森有一系列小的犯罪前科，但没犯过大事。
• Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.
  现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过。
• To enact and amend basic laws governing criminal offences, civil affairs, the state organs and other matters;
  （三）制定和修改刑事、民事、国家机构的和其他的基本法律；
• They are holding hostages to try to force the authorities into talks on possible amnesties for drugs offences.
  他们扣押了若干人质以胁迫当局就赦免毒品犯罪与他们谈判。
• Confiscation of smuggled property is part of the penalty for certain offences.
  没收走私财产是对某些犯罪予以惩罚的一部分。
• The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account
  被告要求考虑到类似的21起违法行为的情况。
• Both chairmen were punished for their criminal offences.
  两名董事长的刑事罪行受到了惩罚。
• The judge described the offences as nauseating and unspeakable
  法官将这些犯罪行为描述为“令人作呕、说不出口”。
• Rude taxi drivers clocked up a total of 239 offences in 1990.
  1990年，出租车司机鲁莽驾驶导致的违章事件总共达239起。