英语单词“umbrage”的意思是:
1. 愤怒;不快;不悦 2. 引起…的不满或愤怒
读音:
发音为 [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ] ,其中 umbr 是词根,意为阴影,age 意为状态或情况。
例句:
1. Please don't take offence at what I said, I didn't mean to cause umbrage.
2. It's a very common expression that may seem rude or offensive, but in fact it doesn't really cause umbrage in normal conversation.
有关“umbrage”的例句:
1. His rude comments have caused widespread umbrage among his colleagues.
2. She took umbrage at his words and refused to speak to him for days.
3. The president expressed his regret for any umbrage his remarks may have caused.
4. She couldn't believe that he had taken offense at her innocent comment.
5. The company has taken umbrage at the negative publicity and is considering legal action.
6. He was taken aback by her sudden display of umbrage.
7. The leader was angered by their failure to show due umbrage to his warnings.
8. He knew he had given her cause for umbrage, but he couldn't bring himself to apologize.
9. She refused to acknowledge the offense he took and just looked at him with a cold face.
10. When someone insults you, you shouldn't take it to heart and take umbrage, but rather learn from it and improve yourself.
在以上例句中,“umbrage”分别表示不满、生气、遗憾、怒气、冷面、侮辱和情绪,用以描述不同情境下的情感反应。总的来说,“umbrage”这个单词常用于描述引起他人不满或愤怒的情况,或者表达对于他人的不敬行为感到不悦的情绪。同时,在口语和书面语中,“umbrage”也是比较正式的词语,表示较强烈的不满或不悦。