umbrage

英 [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ]

美 [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ]

n.  树荫；（成荫的）簇叶

GRE

BNC.35478 / COCA.26938

习惯用语

n.

take umbrage (at sth)
• 认为受到冒犯（或羞辱）；（无故）感到不安
  to feel offended, insulted or upset by sth, often without a good reason

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 愤懑；不快；生气
  If you say that a persontakes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
  1. He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
     不管谁批评他，他都心生愤懑。

英英释义

noun

• a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  1. he took offence at my question
  Synonym:offenseoffence

双语例句

• It has tried to deepen relations with China and other Asian powers, even at the cost of American umbrage.
  它一直在努力深化与中国及其他亚洲大国之间的关系，即便这让美国感到不满。
• They're liable to take umbrage if we don't invite them.
  如果我们不邀请他们，他们会生气的。
• She took umbrage at one or two of my remarks.
  她对我的一两句话很生气。
• The study was to simulate the condition of light climate and research the function that umbrage hazard in shelter forest.
  模拟林内光气候状况，探讨防护林林下的遮荫胁地效应。
• He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
  不管谁批评他，他都心生愤懑。
• He's like you, forever taking umbrage about something.
  他象你，总会为了什么事生气。
• Over at techcrunch, meanwhile, Josh constine was much more earnest with his umbrage.
  同时，科技媒体TechCrunch的乔什•康斯丁在表达对LindedIn的不满时更为直接。
• After taking umbrage at remarks George Bush made in Israel about appeasement, Mr Obama went on to argue that the threat from Iran was not of the same magnitude as that posed by the Soviet Union.
  乔治・布什在以色列发表演讲，认为同伊朗对话是”绥靖行为“，奥巴马对此表示抗议。奥巴马继续指出，伊朗的威胁同当年苏联的威胁不可同日而语。
• Took umbrage at their rudeness.
  对他们的粗野表示不悦。
• Everything gives umbrage to a tyrantny.
  所有事情都使专制君主生气。