umbrage
英 [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ]
美 [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ]
n. 树荫;(成荫的)簇叶
BNC.35478 / COCA.26938
习惯用语
n.
- take umbrage (at sth)
- 认为受到冒犯(或羞辱);(无故)感到不安
to feel offended, insulted or upset by sth, often without a good reason
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 愤懑;不快;生气
If you say that a persontakes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.- He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
不管谁批评他,他都心生愤懑。
- He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- The answers were kept confidential to prevent any partners taking umbrage.
为了防止他们的另一半感到不快,他们的答案都是保密的。 - They take umbrage at the suggestion there is something wrong with success on a grand scale.
对于巨大成功有什么不对劲的说法,他们表示不齿。 - Even in hot summer, Yuanzhen cows can embrace coziness and coolness under free umbrage outside and in the cowshed, with the spray nozzles and electronic fan to maintain the temperature.
外出散步时,源真奶牛可以在灌木树下遮阴乘凉;留在牛舍内也同样有喷淋器、电风扇降温避暑,炎炎夏日怡然自得。 - Although Jeff was given to lying, he never took umbrage at being accused of it.
尽管杰克喜欢撒谎,可别人为此指责他时他从不见怪。 - She took umbrage at one or two of my remarks.
她对我的一两句话很生气。 - Everything gives umbrage to a tyrantny.
所有事情都使专制君主生气。 - Took umbrage at their rudeness.
对他们的粗野表示不悦。 - He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
不管谁批评他,他都心生愤懑。 - He's like you, forever taking umbrage about something.
他象你,总会为了什么事生气。 - After taking umbrage at remarks George Bush made in Israel about appeasement, Mr Obama went on to argue that the threat from Iran was not of the same magnitude as that posed by the Soviet Union.
乔治・布什在以色列发表演讲,认为同伊朗对话是”绥靖行为“,奥巴马对此表示抗议。奥巴马继续指出,伊朗的威胁同当年苏联的威胁不可同日而语。