• adj. 攻擊的；冒犯的；無禮的；討厭的
• n. 攻勢(shì)；攻擊

來自offend,進(jìn)攻，冒犯。

offensive (adj.)

"attacking" (1540s), "insulting" (1570s), both from Middle French offensif (16c.) and directly from Medieval Latin offensivus, from Latin offens-, past participle stem of offendere "offend" (see offend). Related: Offensively; offensiveness.

offensive (n.)

"condition of attacking, aggressive action," 1720, from offensive (adj.).

1. The army now appears to have launched a counter-offensive.

軍隊(duì)現(xiàn)在似乎已經(jīng)發(fā)起了反攻。

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2. They wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.

他們希望我將題目修改一下，以免顯得太過冒犯。

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3. He would soon launch a second offensive, killing off the peace process.

他不久將會(huì)再次發(fā)動(dòng)進(jìn)攻，徹底毀掉整個(gè)和平進(jìn)程。

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4. The police nicked me for carrying an offensive weapon.

警察以攜帶攻擊性武器為由逮捕了我。

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5. The last offensive drove thousands of people into Thailand.

最后一次進(jìn)攻將成千上萬的人趕到了泰國。

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