affront /əˈfrʌnt/ TEM8 ( affronting, affronted, affronts )

• 1. 

  V-T If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. 侮辱 [正式]

  例：

  One recent example, which particularly affronted Kasparov, was at the European team championship in Hungary.

  近期的一个尤其使卡斯帕罗夫受辱的例子是在匈牙利的欧洲团体锦标赛上。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you. 侮辱

  例：

  It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this.

  让一个人如此活着是对人类尊严的一种侮辱。