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offensively
(
ad
.)不愉快;討厭地
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Of·fen·sive
a.
1.
Giving
offense
;
causing
displeasure
or
resentment
;
displeasing
;
annoying
;
as
,
offensive
words
.
2.
Giving
pain
or
unpleasant
sensations
;
disagreeable
;
revolting
;
noxious
;
as
,
an
offensive
smell
;
offensive
sounds
.
“
Offensive
to
the
stomach.”
3.
Making
the
first
attack
;
assailant
;
aggressive
;
hence
,
used
in
attacking
; --
opposed
to
defensive
;
as
,
an
offensive
war
;
offensive
weapons
.
League offensive and defensive
,
a
leaque
that
requires
all
the
parties
to
it
to
make
war
together
against
any
foe
,
and
to
defend
one
another
if
attacked
.
Syn:
--
Displeasing
;
disagreeable
;
distasteful
;
obnoxious
;
abhorrent
;
disgusting
;
impertinent
;
rude
;
saucy
;
reproachful
;
opprobrious
;
insulting
;
insolent
;
abusive
;
scurrilous
;
assailant
;
attacking
;
invading
.
--
Of*fen*sive*ly
,
adv.
--
Of*fen*sive*ness
,
n.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
offensively
adv
1:
in
an
unpleasantly
offensive
manner
; "
he
smelled
offensively
unwashed
" [
ant
:
inoffensively
]
2:
in
an
obnoxious
manner
; "
he
said
so
in
one
of
his
more
offensively
intellectually
arrogant
sentences
" [
syn
:
objectionably
,
obnoxiously
]
3:
in
an
aggressive
manner
; "`
In
this
crisis
,
we
must
act
offensively
,'
the
President
said
"; "
the
admiral
intends
to
act
offensively
in
the
Mediterranean
" [
ant
:
defensively
]
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