The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
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n. 点;要点;得分;标点;
vt. (意思上)指向;削尖;加标点于;指路;
vi. 表明;指向;
💡 point(prick)→点;地点;目的;时刻;使锐利;指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
种族间的紧张状态已达到一触即发的程度。
近义:range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
adj. 又一个;再一个;另一的;其他一种;
pron. 另一个,别个;再一个;
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义:other
insulting
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adj. 出言不逊的,侮辱的;无礼的;
v. 侮辱,冒犯( insult的现在分词);
"She was really insulting to me."
她对我实在粗鲁无礼。
近义:humiliating, injurious, libelous, obloquious, offending, offensive
反义:apologetic, laudable, laudative, laudatory, praising, acclamatory