offense

名词 offense:

1. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
   同义词：discourtesy, offence, offensive activity
2. a feeling of anger caused by being offended
   同义词：umbrage, offence
3. a crime less serious than a felony
   同义词：misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, violation, infringement
4. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
   同义词：offence
5. the action of attacking an enemy
   同义词：offence, offensive

1. He is quick to take offense.
   他很易发怒。
2. The best defense is offense.
   先下手为强/以攻为守。
3. A legal offense.
   合法的攻击
4. A pecuniary offense.
   需处以罚金的犯罪行为

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n.（名词）

The act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront.
冒犯：使产生愤怒、憎恨、不愉快或恼怒的行为
The state of being offended.
被冒犯的状态

A violation or an infraction of a moral or social code; a transgression or a sin.
违反：违反或打破道德或社会规范；一种侵犯或犯罪
A transgression of law; a crime.
违法：违反法律；一种犯罪
Something that outrages moral sensibilities:
违反道德的事物：引起道德感情上的愤恨的事物：
例句：
Genocide is an offense to all civilized human beings.
种族灭绝违反文明人的道德规范的罪行

[ôf.μns.] The act of attacking or assaulting.
[ôf.μns.] 袭击：袭击或攻击的行为
[ôf.μns.] Sports
[ôf.μns.] 【体育运动】
A team in possession of the ball or puck.
控有球的一队：球或冰球在自己手里的球队
Scoring ability or potential.
得分率：得分的能力或潜力
The means or tactics used in an attempt to score points.
技巧，手段：为获得分数而使用的方式或策略

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French ofense
源自 古法语 ofense
from Latin offônsa [from feminine past participle of] offendere [to offend] * see offend
源自 拉丁语 offônsa [] 源自offendere的阴性过去分词 [冒犯] *参见 offend

<参考词汇><同义词>offense,crime,sin,errorThese nouns are related in denoting a violation or an infraction of a moral, social, or legal code.
这些名词都与对道德、社会或法律规范的违反或打破有关。
Offense applies most broadly:
Offense 用得最广：
例句：
The phrasebetween you and I is often considered an offense against proper usage.
短语在你我之间 常常被认为是不合一般规则的用法。

例句：
Juveniles convicted of criminal offenses are sent to reformatories.
犯了罪的青少年都被送去改造。

Crime refers both to an act committed or omitted in violation of—and punishable by—law and to a serious or grave offense:
Crime 指故意犯的罪行或疏忽造成的罪行，违反法律并能被法律惩罚的，或指一项严重或重大的犯罪：
例句：
.treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. (U.S. Constitution, Article II)
.叛国、受贿或其它高级犯罪和重罪. （美国宪法，第二款），

例句：
.Is it . . . a crime to love too wellô. (Alexander Pope).Asin is a transgression of religious or moral law; more loosely it applies to something regarded as being utterly wrong:
.难道…爱得太深也是一种过错ô. （亚历山大·波普）。Sin 是一种对于宗教或道德法规的违反， 它更广泛地被用于被认为完全错误的事物：

例句：
.The sins of the fathers are to be laid upon the children. (Shakespeare).
.父辈们的罪过将担在孩子身上. （莎士比亚）。

例句：
.The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. (Henry L. Stimson).
.我所知道的唯一致命的错误的事是愤世嫉俗. （亨利·L·斯廷森）。

Error is departure from what is morally right;the term often suggests bad judgment or lack of awareness rather than willful violation:
Error 是偏离道德正确的。这个术语常含有因判断错误或缺乏认识而非有意违反之意：
例句：
.All men are liable to error;and most men are . . . under temptation to it. (John Locke).
.所有的人都会犯错误；大多数人都会…受它的诱惑.。 （约翰·洛克）