affront

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

One recent example, which particularly affronted Kasparov, was at the European team championship in Hungary. 近期的一個(gè)尤其使卡斯帕羅夫受辱的例子是在匈牙利的歐洲團(tuán)躰錦標(biāo)賽上。

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

It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this. 讓一個(gè)人如此活著是對(duì)人類尊嚴(yán)的一種侮辱。