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If something is insulting, it is very rude in a way that hurts a person's pride. It is more than "not polite." Friends can be a little rude and still be kind; an insulting remark tries to make someone look small, or it does that even when the speaker smiles and calls it a joke.
If something is insulting如果某件事是insulting的, it is very rude in a way that hurts a person's pride就是那種粗魯到會傷到別人自尊的程度. It is more than "not polite."這比「不禮貌」還要嚴重 Friends can be a little rude and still be kind朋友之間可以有點沒禮貌但心地還是善良; an insulting remark tries to make someone look small一句insulting的話是想讓對方顯得很渺小, or it does that even when the speaker smiles and calls it a joke即使說話的人笑著說那只是個玩笑,也一樣有這效果
You can call words insulting, a look insulting, or even a price insulting: if someone offers far too little money for your work or your home, the offer can feel insulting, because it says, without saying it, that what you have is worth almost nothing.
You can call words insulting, a look insulting, or even a price insulting你可以說話insulting、眼神insulting,甚至價錢也可以insulting: if someone offers far too little money for your work or your home如果有人為你的作品或房子出價出得太低, the offer can feel insulting那個出價會讓人覺得insulting, because it says, without saying it, that what you have is worth almost nothing因為它雖然沒明講,卻等於在說你擁有的東西幾乎一文不值
This is an everyday word, not a fancy one. It is stronger than . There is always a person (or a group) on the receiving end.
This is an everyday word這是個日常會用的字, not a fancy one不是什麼講究的字. It is stronger than impolite語氣比impolite(不禮貌)還重. There is always a person (or a group) on the receiving end而且一定有個人(或一群人)承受這份insulting
組成From the verb insult (to say or do something rude) + -ing, used here as an adjective.
同家族的字
- insultthe verb and noun this comes from
- insultinglythe adverb: in an insulting way
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
insultingadj/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
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Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
- He received an insulting letter.
- Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
insultingnoun/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
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The act of giving insult.
- grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction
- Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。