I took his relative silence to be offensive.

我把他相对的沉默看作是一种冒犯。

youdao

Odours are invested with cultural values: smells that are considered to be offensive in some cultures may be perfectly acceptable in others.

气味与文化价值息息相关：在某些文化中被认为是令人讨厌的气味，在另一些文化中却完全可以被接受。

youdao

Sorry -i don't mean to be offensive.

对不起——我不是有意要冒犯你的。

youdao

They have to take some offensive and they have to be very strong."

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

He also notes that some of the material in the patriarchal stories would be offensive to later religious sensibilities.

他还指出族长故事里的一些素材,是冒犯后来的宗教敏感性的。

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"People are going to see more security." But Steve Coll says the success of the Kandahar offensive really hinges on a psychological battle that will be more difficult to win.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

He claimed he had not meant to be offensive, had used the blog "to let off steam", but had not intended any harm.

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Mohammed Ajami, a father-of-four, has never disputed that he is the author of the poem, but has said it was not meant to be offensive or seditious.

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Separately, ministers have been urged to rethink plans to sever official links with the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) after one of its senior officials made remarks seen to be offensive.

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