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umbrage

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++um·brage /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ noun  take umbrage (at something) OFFENDto be offended by something that someone has done or said, often without good reason 〔通常没有理由地〕(为某事)生气,(因某事)见怪
Examples from the Corpus
umbrageThe Republicans, naturally, take umbrage at predictions about what they might do.If they take umbrage, then they were never a proper friend in the first place.He got on very well with the patients, and made them laugh without taking umbrage when they laughed at him.She took umbrage at his remarks, but made no attempt to get her figure back.Ever a stickler for protocol, he and his wife took umbrage at the democratic etiquette of President Thomas Jefferson's administration.She had been known to storm off sometimes, to take violent umbrage and depart.
Origin umbrage (1400-1500) Old French Latin umbraticum shade, from umbrare to shade, from umbra shade, shadow
um·brage nounChineseSyllable
to done that has by Corpus something or offended someone be


umbrage
umbrage /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ noun
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: Latin umbraticum 'shade', from umbrare 'to shade', from umbra 'shade, shadow'
take umbrage (at something) to be offended by something that someone has done or said, often without good reason


um·brageBrE /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʌmbrɪdʒ/ 🔊 nountake ˈumbrage (at sth)(formal or humorous) to feel offended, insulted or upset by sth, often without a good reason 认为受到冒犯(或羞辱);(无故)感到不快 SYN offence