offense 音标拼音: [əf'ɛns]
n . 犯罪,伤感情,攻击
犯罪,伤感情,攻击
offense n 1 :
a lack of politeness ;
a failure to show regard for others ;
wounding the feelings or others [
synonym : {
discourtesy },
{
offense }, {
offence }, {
offensive activity }]
2 :
a feeling of anger caused by being offended ; "
he took offence at my question " [
synonym : {
umbrage }, {
offense }, {
offence }]
3 : (
criminal law )
an act punishable by law ;
usually considered an evil act ; "
a long record of crimes " [
synonym : {
crime },
{
offense }, {
criminal offense }, {
criminal offence }, {
offence },
{
law -
breaking }]
4 :
the team that has the ball (
or puck )
and is trying to score [
synonym : {
offense }, {
offence }] [
ant : {
defence }, {
defending team }, {
defense }]
5 :
the action of attacking an enemy [
synonym : {
offense }, {
offence },
{
offensive }]
Offense \
Of *
fense "\,
Offence \
Of *
fence "\,
n . [
F .,
fr .
L .
offensa .
See {
Offend }.]
1 .
The act of offending in any sense ;
esp .,
a crime or a sin ,
an affront or an injury .
[
1913 Webster ]
Who was delivered for our offenses ,
and was raised again for our justification . --
Rom .
iv .
25 .
[
1913 Webster ]
I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men ,
but I hope without offense to their memories . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The state of being offended or displeased ;
anger ;
displeasure ;
as ,
to cause offense .
[
1913 Webster ]
He was content to give them just cause of offense ,
when they had power to make just revenge . --
Sir P .
Sidney .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh ! --
Matt .
xviii .
7 .
[
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4 .
In any contest ,
the act or process of attacking as contrasted with the act of defending ;
the offensive ;
as ,
to go on the offense .
[
PJC ]
5 . (
Sports )
The members of a team who have the primary responsibility to score goals ,
in contrast to those who have the responsibility to defend ,
i .
e .
to prevent the opposing team from scoring goal .
[
PJC ]
Note :
This word ,
like expense ,
is often spelled with a c .
It ought ,
however ,
to undergo the same change with expense ,
the reasons being the same ,
namely ,
that s must be used in offensive as in expensive ,
and is found in the Latin offensio ,
and the French offense .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To take offense },
to feel ,
or assume to be ,
injured or affronted ;
to become angry or hostile .
{
Weapons of offense },
those which are used in attack ,
in distinction from those of defense ,
which are used to repel .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Displeasure ;
umbrage ;
resentment ;
misdeed ;
misdemeanor ;
trespass ;
transgression ;
delinquency ;
fault ;
sin ;
crime ;
affront ;
indignity ;
outrage ;
insult .
[
1913 Webster ]
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "
offense ":
affront ,
aggravated assault ,
aggression ,
amphibious attack ,
angry look ,
armed assault ,
aspersion ,
assailing ,
assailment ,
assault ,
atrocity ,
attack ,
bad faith ,
banzai attack ,
blitz ,
blitzkrieg ,
breach ,
breach of contract ,
breach of faith ,
breach of privilege ,
breach of promise ,
breach of trust ,
breaking ,
breakthrough ,
brickbat ,
casus belli ,
charge ,
contempt ,
contravention ,
contumely ,
counterattack ,
counteroffensive ,
coup de main ,
crime ,
crime against humanity ,
crippling attack ,
cut ,
dead set at ,
deadly sin ,
delict ,
delinquency ,
dereliction ,
descent on ,
despite ,
dirty look ,
diversion ,
diversionary attack ,
drive ,
dudgeon ,
dump ,
enormity ,
error ,
evil ,
failure ,
fault ,
felony ,
flank attack ,
flout ,
flouting ,
frontal attack ,
frown ,
gas attack ,
genocide ,
gibe ,
glare ,
glower ,
guilty act ,
head -
on attack ,
heavy sin ,
huff ,
humiliation ,
illegality ,
impropriety ,
indignity ,
indiscretion ,
inexpiable sin ,
infiltration ,
infraction ,
infringement ,
iniquity ,
injury ,
injustice ,
insult ,
jeer ,
jeering ,
lapse ,
lightning attack ,
lightning war ,
malefaction ,
malfeasance ,
malum ,
mass attack ,
megadeath ,
miff ,
minor wrong ,
misdeed ,
misdemeanor ,
misfeasance ,
mock ,
mockery ,
mortal sin ,
mugging ,
nonfeasance ,
offensive ,
omission ,
onset ,
onslaught ,
outrage ,
overkill ,
panzer warfare ,
peccadillo ,
peccancy ,
pique ,
provocation ,
push ,
put -
down ,
raw nerve ,
red rag ,
resentment ,
run against ,
run at ,
rush ,
sally ,
scoff ,
scowl ,
scurrility ,
shock tactics ,
sin ,
sin of commission ,
sin of omission ,
sinful act ,
slip ,
snuff ,
sore point ,
sore spot ,
sortie ,
strike ,
taunt ,
tender spot ,
tort ,
transgression ,
trespass ,
trip ,
umbrage ,
uncomplimentary remark ,
unprovoked assault ,
unutterable sin ,
venial sin ,
violation ,
wrong ,
wrongdoing
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