umbrage

umbrage

英[ˈʌmbrɪdʒ]美[ˈʌmbrɪdʒ]

n.生气，（常指无故）不快，树荫，愤怒；

例句

She took umbrage at my remarks about her hair.我对她头发的评论使她很不高兴。

Everything gives umbrage to a tyrantny.所有事情都使专制君主生气.

I invited her because I was afraid ofgiving umbrage.我邀请了她,因为我怕得罪她.

He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.不管谁批评他，他都心生愤懑。

同义词

umbrage的同义词之：

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PHRASE

愤懑；不快；生气

If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

生气,不愉快

树荫;(成荫的)簇叶

愤怒,生气

(常指无故)不快，生气

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a feeling of anger caused by being offended;