offence
noun
(USoffense)uk/əˈfens/us/əˈfens/offencenoun(CRIME)
B2[C]
anillegalact; acrime:
犯罪行为；罪行aserious/minoroffence重／轻罪
acriminal/drink-drivingoffence刑事罪／酒后驾车罪
Driving without alicenceis an offence.无照驾驶是违法行为。
Hecommittedseveralseriousoffences.他犯了好几项重罪。
It's the thirdtimethat he's beenconvictedofadrugoffence.这是他第三次因毒品犯罪被判刑。
- Thesoldierreceivedadishonourabledischargefor adisciplinaryoffence.
- It's an offence toparkondoubleyellowlines.
- This was the defendant's thirdcourtappearancefor the same offence.
- He has alongrecordofpreviousconvictionsforsimilaroffences.
- She wasyesterdaybailedfor threeweeksondrink-drivingoffences.
Crime - general words
- anti-crime
- anti-fraud
- anti-narcotics
- arrestable
- caper
- carrying-on
- delinquency
- delinquent
- driving under the influence
- DUI
- felony
- first-degree
- foul play
- protection racket
- racket
- rap sheet
- second-degree
- sex crime
- speeding
- stitchsomething/someoneup
offencenoun(UPSET FEELINGS)
B2[U]
upsetandhurtorannoyedfeelings, often because someone has beenrudeorshownnorespect:
冒犯；触犯；得罪I really didn'tmean(tocause/give) any offence(= did notintendtoupsetanyone)- I was juststatingmyopinion.我真的不想冒犯任何人——我只是在陈述自己的意见。
Do youthinkhetookoffence(= wasupset)at what I said about hishair?你觉得我对他头发的评论得罪他了吗？
no offence (intended)
used when you say something that mightupsetorannoysomeone :
（用在可能让人难受或恼怒时）无意冒犯No offence, but Ifindyoursistera littlerude.无意冒犯，但我觉得你妹妹有点无礼。
If you don'tmind, I'drathergo on my own - no offenceintended, but Ithinkit would bebetter.如果你不介意，我宁愿自己去——没有恶意，不过我觉得那样会更好。
- Sometimestaboowords are written withasteriskstoavoidcausingoffence.
- Shetakesoffence tooeasily.
- Hisremarkscausedwidespreadoffence.
- She took offence when Iofferedtopay.
- The last thing Iwantto do iscauseoffence toyourmother.
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
- bite
- gnaw
- haunt
- heartbreaker
- heartbreakingly
- hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
- mess
- nerve
- sensitivity
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
- shattering
- shocker
- tear
- toxic
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Polite expressions
[UorC]USus/ˈɑː.fens/
thepartof agamesuch as Americanfootballthatinvolvestryingtoscorepoints, or theplayerswhotrytoscorepoints
（美式橄榄球等运动中的）进攻，锋线队员Winning, losing & scoring in sport
- aet
- against the run of playidiom
- bag
- blowsomeoneaway
- clean
- close-run
- co-holder
- concede
- equalizer
- golden goal
- pull back
- reelsomethingoff
- relegation zone
- run away withsomeone
- score
- scoreboard
- scorecard
- straight
- sudden death
- walk itidiom
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
General terms used in ball sports
American football