(adj.) offending against or breaking a law or rule; 'contracts offending against the statute were canceled' .
埃罗尔校对
双语例句
You had better neglect your relations than run the risk of offending your patroness. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
And was that the head and front of his offending? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
The latter, all wild passion; the former, gentle, voluptuous, fearful of shocking or offending me, or frightening away my growing passion. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
She could forgive her offending pupil, not her innocent self. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Do not be afraid of offending me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
It was noticeable that she no longer called the offending lady by her Christian name. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
She had learnt to feel my dread of offending him, and she accepted his proposal. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Her set purpose of contradicting Miss Abbey point blank, was so far from offending that dread authority, as to elicit a gracious smile. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Necessity excused stratagem, but stratagem was limited by the dread of offending Dorothea. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
If the impertinent remarks of Mrs. Jennings are to be the proof of impropriety in conduct, we are all offending every moment of our lives. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
I dread and abhor the idea of offending him because I believe he would forgive all my faults. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.