offences

英 [əˈfɛnsɪz]

美

n.  违法行为; 犯罪; 罪行; 冒犯; 搅扰; 侮辱
offence的复数

柯林斯词典

The spelling offense is used in American English. The pronunciation /'ɒfens/ is used for meaning 3. 拼写offense用于美国英语中。义项3读作/'ɒfens/。


• N-COUNT 违法行为；罪行
  Anoffenceis a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment.
  1. Thirteen people have been charged with treason — an offence which can carry the death penalty...
     13人被控犯有叛国罪——一种可处死刑的罪行。
  2. In Britain the Consumer Protection Act makes it a criminal offence to sell goods that are unsafe.
     英国的《消费者保护法》规定销售不安全物品属刑事犯罪行为。
• N-VAR 冒犯；得罪
  Offenceor anoffenceis behaviour which causes people to be upset or embarrassed.
  1. The book might be published without creating offense...
     出版这本书可能不会引起人们的反感。
  2. Privilege determined by birth is an offence to any modern sense of justice.
     与生俱来的特权是对现代公正意识的亵渎。
• N-SING （体育运动中的）进攻队，进攻方
  In sports such as American football or basketball,the offenseis the team which has possession of the ball and is trying to score.
  1. Between plays the coach was talking to the offense in the huddle.
     中场时，这位教练对围拢一圈的进攻队员进行战术指导。
• PHRASE 冒犯；得罪；惹恼
  If youcause offenceorgive offenceto someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
  1. It says the photograph is likely cause distress and offence to the public...
     上面说这张照片可能引起公众的忧虑和反感。
  2. We have had our differences and I'm sorry if it has caused offence.
     我们有过一些分歧，如有得罪我很抱歉。
• CONVENTION 别见怪；无冒犯之意
  Some people say 'no offence' to make it clear that they do not want to upset you, although what they are saying may seem rather rude.
  1. Dad, you need a bath. No offence.
     爸爸，别见怪，不过你该洗澡了。
• PHRASE （常指不必要地）(对…)生气，(因…)见怪
  If someonetakes offence atsomething you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
  1. She never takes offence at anything...
     什么事都不会让她生气。
  2. Never had she seen him so tense, so quick to take offence as he had been in recent weeks.
     她从未见过他像最近几周这样高度紧张，动不动就生气。

双语例句

• He is being prosecuted for two criminal offences.
  他因两项刑事罪名受到起诉。
• The offences carry a maximum sentence of 10 years.
  这些罪行最高可判10年徒刑。
• For example, people charged with criminal offences were allowed six months in which to produce witnesses.
  比如，被指控犯了刑事罪的人会被允许获得6个月搜寻证人的时间。
• The jury convicted Mr Hampson of all offences.
  陪审团裁定汉普森先生全部罪名成立。
• The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account
  被告要求考虑到类似的21起违法行为的情况。
• Apart from bribery, the Czech criminal procedure code includes several criminal offences which also cover corrupt behaviour.
  除了贿赂之外，捷克的刑法程序法规还包括了几种同样包含贪污行为的犯罪。
• Some of their offences are so awful they would chill the blood.
  他们的一些罪行骇人听闻，简直令人毛骨悚然。
• The laws of the realm may punish Christian men with death for heinous and grievous offences.
  法律的惩罚境界可能与基督教男子死亡和严重的滔天罪行。
• Although the offences were horrific it was to her credit that she had owned up.
  她的犯罪手段很残忍，但她的供认不讳还是可以认可的。
• They are holding hostages to try to force the authorities into talks on possible amnesties for drugs offences.
  他们扣押了若干人质以胁迫当局就赦免毒品犯罪与他们谈判。