释义 |
offend against something phrasal verb with offendverbuk /əˈfend/ us /əˈfend/ formal to break a rule or principle or not fit well with something that people consider to be correct: 违反,触犯(规则);违背(常理) Would it be offending against good taste to wear a patterned tie with my striped shirt?你觉得打一条有图案的领带来配我的条纹衬衫是否有些不伦不类? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unsuitable and unacceptable amiss be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. tasteidiom beneath your dignityidiom beyond beyond the paleidiom incorrect incorrectly indecent ineligibility ineligible raffish raffishly raffishness room silly unsuitable unsuitably unsuited unsupportable unwarrantable |