Offensively
[ə'fɛnsɪvli]
解释:
(adv.) in an aggressive manner; '`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said'; 'the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean'.
(adv.) in an obnoxious manner; 'he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences'.
(adv.) in an unpleasantly offensive manner; 'he smelled offensively unwashed'.
编辑:耶鲁--From WordNet
例句:
- I wasn't ready in myself,' he mimicked her phrase offensively. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I hate to be poor, and we are degradingly poor, offensively poor, miserably poor, beastly poor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Canby has been ordered to act offensively from the sea-coast to the interior, towards Montgomery and Selma. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I must decline to answer questions,' said the Secretary, 'that are so offensively asked. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Christian missions became offensively busy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- They crowd you --infest you--swarm about you, and sweat and smell offensively, and look sneaking and mean, and obsequious. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The full-built woman was staring offensively. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
编辑:耶鲁