1.insult用作动词时的意思是“侮辱,辱骂”,指通过带有恶意的话语对某人进行攻击而使对方感到难堪,其对象多为人,有时也可是物。
2.insult多用作及物动词,后接名词或代词作简单宾语。可用于被动结构。

insult by(v.+prep.)
用…来侮辱… humiliate sb by sth
▲insult sb/sth by sth/v-ing
He insulted that woman by language.他满口脏话侮辱那位妇女。
These boys insulted a girl by spiting at her.这几个男孩向一个女孩吐口水侮辱她。
She insulted him by calling him a coward.她辱骂他是个胆小鬼。
The rebels insulted the flag by throwing mud on it.叛乱者往旗上扔泥巴以示侮辱。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
If you weren't my brother,I'd be insulted by such a remark.如果你不是我弟弟,我会认为这话是对我的侮辱。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He insulted her dead mother.他辱骂她逝去的母亲。
I don't mean to insult you.我没有侮辱你的意思。
You will insult her if you don't go to her party.你要是不去参加她举办的聚会,就对她太无礼了。
The book insulted the reader's intelligence.这本书侮辱了读者的智力。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
He feels deeply insulted.他感到深受侮辱。
I felt most insulted when they made me sit at a little table at the back.他们让我坐到后头的一张小桌子旁,我觉得受到极大侮辱。

insult, affront, offend, outrage
参见offend。

add insult to injury
更糟糕的是make matters even worse
To add insult to injury, the penalty was awarded to the other side.更糟糕的是,罚球被判给了对方。

He turned crimson under the insults.他的脸因受到侮辱而涨得通红。
Your remark is an insult to him.你的话对他是一种侮辱。
He shouted insults at the boy who had kicked him.他大声辱骂那个踢了他的男孩。

［同义词］ n. affront, offence
［反义词］ n. flattery, praise