“容易被冒犯；很容易觉得受辱或被冒犯（因言语、玩笑、批评等而快速产生不快）”。常用于描述一个人情绪敏感、对负面评价或不礼貌表达的容忍度较低。（也可在更广义上指“容易被触怒/生气”。）
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He’s easily offended, so choose your words carefully.
他很容易被冒犯，所以说话要谨慎。
Although the comment was meant as a joke, she was easily offended and stopped speaking to him for days.
尽管那句话本意是玩笑，她却很容易被冒犯，于是好几天都不跟他说话。
（该短语更常见于现代口语与评论写作；在经典文学中更常见的是 offend/offended/offence 等相关词形。）
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