insult

insult

英 [ɪn'sʌlt]
　　美 [ɪn'sʌlt]

vt. 侮辱；辱罵；損害
　　n. 侮辱；凌辱；無禮

v.(動詞)insult用作動詞時的意思是“侮辱,辱罵”,指通過帶有惡意的話語對某人進行攻擊而使對方感到難堪,其對象多為人,有時也可是物。insult多用作及物動詞,後接名詞或代詞作簡單賓語。可用於被動結構。

中文詞源：

insult 侮辱，冒犯

in-,進入，使，-sul,跳，詞salient,salmon.即跳起來打，後用於指語言侮辱，侵犯，冒犯。

例句：

1. She spat the name out like an insult.
她像罵人似的說出瞭那個名字。

2. Forgive me, I don't mean to insult you.
請原諒，我並非有意侮辱你。

3. He felt the smart of their insult for many days.
他受到他們的侮辱後好多天都感到難受.

4. The principal castigate the student who have insult their teacher.
校長譴責對老師不敬的學生.

5. He was still steaming over the insult he had received.
他仍在為他所受的侮辱發怒.