umbrage

umbrage

英 ['ʌmbrɪdʒ]
　　美 ['ʌmbrɪdʒ]

n. 不快，生氣；樹蔭；懷疑

中文詞源：

umbrage 憤怒，不快

來自拉丁語umbra,陰影，影子，詞源同adumbrate, umbrella.引申詞義憤怒，不快。

例句：

1. He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him.
不管誰批評他，他都心生憤懣。

2. I invited her because I was afraid ofgiving umbrage.
我邀請瞭她,因為我怕得罪她.

3. Everything gives umbrage to a tyrantny.
所有事情都使專制君主生氣.

4. He called me a lily - livered coward, and I umbrage at the insult.
他說我是個膽小的懦夫, 這種侮辱讓我很生氣.

5. The pope himself had taken great umbrage at the book.
教皇本人對這本書曾極為生氣.