* fence
n. 柵欄;籬笆;圍墻
* defendant
n. 被告
We find the defendant not guilty.
我們裁決被告無(wú)罪。
* offend
v. 得罪,冒犯
They'll be offended if you don't go to their wedding.
你若不參加他們的婚禮,他們會(huì)生氣的。
Neil did not mean to offend anybody with his joke.
尼爾開(kāi)那個(gè)玩笑并非想冒犯誰(shuí)。
* offense 2
n. 冒犯,攪擾,侮辱
I'm sure he meant no offense when he said that.
我相信他那么說(shuō)并無(wú)冒犯的意思。
The photo may cause offense to some people.
這張照片可能會(huì)引起一些人的反感。
* take offense at
v. 對(duì)(某事)生氣,因(某事)見(jiàn)怪
I think he took offense at my lack of enthusiasm.
我覺(jué)得她因?yàn)槲胰狈崆槎婚_(kāi)心了。
* pun
〔利用有兩重含義的詞或同音異義詞的〕雙關(guān)語(yǔ),語(yǔ)義雙關(guān)的俏皮話;
* offense 1
n. 違法行為,犯罪;罪行
a criminal/serious/minor/sexual, etc. offence
刑事罪、重罪、輕罪、性犯罪等
* offensive
a. 無(wú)禮的,冒犯的
I found her remarks deeply offensive.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)她的話令人非常惱火。
crude jokes that are offensive to women
冒犯女士的粗鄙笑話