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offensively 音標拼音: [əf'ɛnsɪvli] ad. 不愉快;討厭地 不愉快;討厭地 offensively adv 1: in an unpleasantly offensive manner; "he smelled offensively unwashed" [ant: {inoffensively}] 2: in an obnoxious manner; "he said so in one of his more offensively intellectually arrogant sentences" [synonym: {offensively}, {objectionably}, {obnoxiously}] 3: in an aggressive manner; "`In this crisis, we must act offensively,' the President said"; "the admiral intends to act offensively in the Mediterranean" [ant: {defensively}] Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. offensif. See {Offend}.]
[1913 Webster] 1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach." --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to {defensive}; as, an offensive war; offensive weapons. [1913 Webster] {League offensive and defensive}, a leaque that requires all the parties to it to make war together against any foe, and to defend one another if attacked. [1913 Webster] Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious; abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy; reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive; scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. [1913 Webster] -- {Of*fen"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Of*fen"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
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