名詞 offense:

1. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
   同義詞：discourtesy, offence, offensive activity
2. a feeling of anger caused by being offended
   同義詞：umbrage, offence
3. a crime less serious than a felony
   同義詞：misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, violation, infringement
4. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
   同義詞：offence
5. the action of attacking an enemy
   同義詞：offence, offensive

1. He is quick to take offense.
   他很易發(fā)怒。
2. The best defense is offense.
   先下手為強/以攻為守。
3. A legal offense.
   合法的攻擊
4. A pecuniary offense.
   需處以罰金的犯罪行為

of.fense

n.（名詞）

The act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront.
冒犯：使產(chǎn)生憤怒、憎恨、不愉快或惱怒的行為
The state of being offended.
被冒犯的狀態(tài)

A violation or an infraction of a moral or social code; a transgression or a sin.
違反：違反或打破道德或社會規(guī)范；一種侵犯或犯罪
A transgression of law; a crime.
違法：違反法律；一種犯罪
Something that outrages moral sensibilities:
違反道德的事物：引起道德感情上的憤恨的事物：
例句：
Genocide is an offense to all civilized human beings.
種族滅絕違反文明人的道德規(guī)范的罪行

[ôf.μns.] The act of attacking or assaulting.
[ôf.μns.] 襲擊：襲擊或攻擊的行為
[ôf.μns.] Sports
[ôf.μns.] 【體育運動】
A team in possession of the ball or puck.
控有球的一隊：球或冰球在自己手里的球隊
Scoring ability or potential.
得分率：得分的能力或潛力
The means or tactics used in an attempt to score points.
技巧，手段：為獲得分數(shù)而使用的方式或策略

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French ofense
源自 古法語 ofense
from Latin offônsa [from feminine past participle of] offendere [to offend] * see offend
源自 拉丁語 offônsa [] 源自offendere的陰性過去分詞 [冒犯] *參見 offend

<參考詞匯><同義詞>offense,crime,sin,errorThese nouns are related in denoting a violation or an infraction of a moral, social, or legal code.
這些名詞都與對道德、社會或法律規(guī)范的違反或打破有關(guān)。
Offense applies most broadly:
Offense 用得最廣：
例句：
The phrasebetween you and I is often considered an offense against proper usage.
短語在你我之間 常常被認為是不合一般規(guī)則的用法。

例句：
Juveniles convicted of criminal offenses are sent to reformatories.
犯了罪的青少年都被送去改造。

Crime refers both to an act committed or omitted in violation of—and punishable by—law and to a serious or grave offense:
Crime 指故意犯的罪行或疏忽造成的罪行，違反法律并能被法律懲罰的，或指一項嚴(yán)重或重大的犯罪：
例句：
.treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. (U.S. Constitution, Article II)
.叛國、受賄或其它高級犯罪和重罪. （美國憲法，第二款），

例句：
.Is it . . . a crime to love too wellô. (Alexander Pope).Asin is a transgression of religious or moral law; more loosely it applies to something regarded as being utterly wrong:
.難道…愛得太深也是一種過錯ô. （亞歷山大·波普）。Sin 是一種對于宗教或道德法規(guī)的違反， 它更廣泛地被用于被認為完全錯誤的事物：

例句：
.The sins of the fathers are to be laid upon the children. (Shakespeare).
.父輩們的罪過將擔(dān)在孩子身上. （莎士比亞）。

例句：
.The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. (Henry L. Stimson).
.我所知道的唯一致命的錯誤的事是憤世嫉俗. （亨利·L·斯廷森）。

Error is departure from what is morally right;the term often suggests bad judgment or lack of awareness rather than willful violation:
Error 是偏離道德正確的。這個術(shù)語常含有因判斷錯誤或缺乏認識而非有意違反之意：
例句：
.All men are liable to error;and most men are . . . under temptation to it. (John Locke).
.所有的人都會犯錯誤；大多數(shù)人都會…受它的誘惑.。 （約翰·洛克）