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. 近期的一個尤其使卡斯帕羅夫受辱的例子是在匈牙利的歐洲團躰錦標(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. 讓一個人如此活著是對人類尊嚴(yán)的一種侮辱。