| 词组 | offensive |
| 释义 | offensive When offensive is used with a prepositional-phrase complement, the preposition is almost always to: • Yes; it is in two points offensive to me —Jane Austen, Persuasion, 1818 • ... it's offensive to a gentleman's feelings when his word isn't believed —Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors, 1934 • ... it is far less offensive to modern taste than many other situations —T. S. Eliot, "Thomas Heywood," in Selected Essays, 1932 • This mannerism which has become so offensive to the friends of the Sperbers —Norman Mailer, Advertisements for Myself, 1959 |
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