insult第三人称单数

1. vt. 侮辱,辱骂 be extremely rude to sb

1. [C]侮辱,辱骂,侮辱性的言论 a rude or offensive remark or action

1.侮辱;辱骂
If someoneinsults you, they say or do something that is rude or offensive.

e.g. I did not mean toinsult you...
我不是要故意侮辱你。
e.g. Buchanan said he was insulted by the judge's remarks.
布坎南说法官的那番话侮辱了他。

2.侮辱;凌辱;辱骂
Aninsult is a rude remark, or something a person says or does which insults you.

e.g. Their behaviour was aninsult to the people they represent...
他们的行为是对他们代表的人民的一种侮辱。
e.g. The prison Governor criticised some of his officers who shouted insults at prisoners on the roof.
监狱长批评了一些站在屋顶上大声辱骂囚犯的狱警。

3.更为不公的是;更不可接受的是;更糟的是
You sayto add insult to injury when mentioning an action or fact that makes an unfair or unacceptable situation even worse.

e.g. The driver of the car that killed Smith got a £250 fine and five penalty points on his licence. To addinsult to injury, he drove away from court in his own car.
撞死史密斯的汽车司机仅被罚款250英镑，驾照上扣了5分。更让人不可接受的是,他竟然开着自己的车从法院扬长而去。

1. He insulted her dead mother.
   他辱骂她逝去的母亲。
2. I don't mean to insult you.
   我没有侮辱你的意思。
3. You will insult her if you don't go to her party.
   你要是不去参加她举办的聚会,就对她太无礼了。
4. The book insulted the reader's intelligence.
   这本书侮辱了读者的智力。
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5. He feels deeply insulted.
   他感到深受侮辱。
6. I felt most insulted when they made me sit at a little table at the back.
   他们让我坐到后头的一张小桌子旁,我觉得受到极大侮辱。

1. He turned crimson under the insults.
   他的脸因受到侮辱而涨得通红。
2. Your remark is an insult to him.
   你的话对他是一种侮辱。
3. He shouted insults at the boy who had kicked him.
   他大声辱骂那个踢了他的男孩。

insult by (v.+prep.)

用…来侮辱… humiliate sb by sth
insult sb/sth by sth/v-ing

He insulted that woman by language.

他满口脏话侮辱那位妇女。

These boys insulted a girl by spiting at her.

这几个男孩向一个女孩吐口水侮辱她。

She insulted him by calling him a coward.

她辱骂他是个胆小鬼。

The rebels insulted the flag by throwing mud on it.

叛乱者往旗上扔泥巴以示侮辱。

If you weren't my brother,I'd be insulted by such a remark.

如果你不是我弟弟,我会认为这话是对我的侮辱。

add insult to injury

更糟糕的是make matters even worse

• ☆ 1570年左右进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的insultare，意为围攻，扑上去。