"take offense" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 生气
• 被冒犯

Definition

因为别人说的话或做的事而感到生气、受伤或被冒犯。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于正式或礼貌场合，表达因言行而“生气”或“感到被冒犯”。常见表达有 'take offense at ...' 或 'don’t take offense'。只是情感受伤，不是身体伤害。

Examples

Please don't take offense at my question.

请不要因我的问题而**生气**。

He might take offense if you laugh at his idea.

如果你嘲笑他的想法，他可能会**生气**。

Some people take offense very easily.

有些人很容易就会**生气**。

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

希望你刚才没有**生气**我的话。

He tends to take offense at harmless jokes.

他常常因为无恶意的玩笑而**生气**。

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

别**生气**——我只是跟你说实话。