“offensiveness”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

offensiveness

释义

offensiveness|əˈfɛnsɪvnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality, character, or fact of being offensive; injuriousness, hurtfulness; esp. unpleasantness, disgustingness.
1618Latham 2nd Bk. Falconry (1633) 23 Otherwise..there is no content to bee had..but altogether offensiuenesse and vexation.1628Venner Baths of Bathe (1650) 357 In regard of their offensivenesse to the stomack.a1688W. Clagett 17 Serm. (1699) 83 The offensiveness of these offences is..abated.1755Hales in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 344 The smell of the ascending vapour was very offensive, which offensiveness abated much in five minutes.1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. viii. 244 The offensiveness of the evil was disguised by the charm of the good.

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