affront: [14] The present-day notion of ‘insulting someone’ has replaced the more direct action of hitting them in the face. Affront comes, via Old French afronter, from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre ‘strike in the face’, which was formed from the Latin phrase ad frontem, literally ‘to the face’. => front
affront (v.)
early 14c., from Old French afronter "to face, confront, to slap in the face" (13c.), from Late Latin affrontare "to strike against," from Latin ad frontem "to the face," from ad (see ad-) + frons (genitive frontis) "forehead, front" (see front (n.)). Related: Affronted; affronting.
affront (n.)
1590s, from affront (v.).
双语例句
1. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.
如此维持一个人的生命是对人类尊严的冒犯。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She has taken my enquiry as a personal affront.
她将我的询问当成了人身侮辱。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He took his son's desertion as a personal affront.
他把儿子的离开看作是对他个人的侮辱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Leaving during his speech was an affront to the speaker.
当讲话的人正在讲话时离去,是对他的一种不尊敬.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.