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

• He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
  不管谁批评他，他都心生愤懑。
• The pope himself had taken great umbrage at the book.
  教皇本人对这本书曾极为生气。
• 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。
• He's like you, forever taking umbrage about something.
  他象你，总会为了什么事生气。
• They take umbrage at the suggestion there is something wrong with success on a grand scale.
  对于巨大成功有什么不对劲的说法，他们表示不齿。
• Everything gives umbrage to a tyrantny.
  所有事情都使专制君主生气。
• The answers were kept confidential to prevent any partners taking umbrage.
  为了防止他们的另一半感到不快，他们的答案都是保密的。
• 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。
• Took umbrage at their rudeness.
  对他们的粗野表示不悦。