"take offense" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 生氣
• 被冒犯

Definition

因為別人說的話或做的事而感到生氣、受傷或被冒犯。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常用於正式或禮貌的情境，表示因言行而“生氣”或“覺得被冒犯”。常見搭配：'take offense at ...' 或 'don’t take offense'，僅指情感受損，不是身體傷害。

Examples

Please don't take offense at my question.

請不要因為我問的問題而**生氣**。

He might take offense if you laugh at his idea.

如果你嘲笑他的想法，他可能會**生氣**。

Some people take offense very easily.

有些人很容易就會**生氣**。

I hope you didn’t take offense at what I said earlier.

希望你剛才沒有**生氣**我說的話。

He tends to take offense at harmless jokes.

他常常因為無惡意的玩笑而**生氣**。

Don’t take offense—I’m just being honest with you.

別**生氣**─我只是在跟你說實話。