offence
/əˈfɛns/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ə - ˈfɛns -> offence
(n) ရာဇဝတ်မှု။ တိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်း။
offence (US offense ) /ǝ'fens / n
၁။ [C] ~ (against sth ) ပြစ်မှု။ commit an offence ❍ an offence against society/humanity/the state ❍ a capital offence (ie one that may be punished by death) ❍ sexual offences ❍ be charged with a serious offence ❍ Because it was his first offence (ie the first crime of which he was found guilty), the punishment was not too severe.
၂။ [U] ~ (to sb/sth) ဗွေယူစရာ။ စိတ်ဆိုးစရာ။ I'm sorry—I meant no offence when I said that. ❍ I'm sure he didn't mean to cause offence (to you). ❍ She took offence at (ie was offended by) something I said. ❍ There's no need to take offence.
၃။ [ C] ~ (to sb/sth) (fml ) မျက်စိစပါးမွေး စူးစရာ၊ နားကလောစရာ စသည့် စိတ်အနှောင့်အယှက် ဖြစ်ဖွယ်ရာ။ The new shopping centre is an offence to the eye (ie is unpleasant to look at).
❏ no offence [IDM ] (စိတ်မရှိပါနှင့်ဟူသော သဘောဖြင့် သုံးသည့်စကား)။ No offence, madam, but you'll have to move your car.
- Motoring/firearms/public order offences
- [criminal offence] : Killing these animals is a criminal offence.
- [minor offence] : Minor offences such as vandalism
- [commit an offence] : She had committed no offence under military law.
- [convict someone of an offence] : Walker was convicted of a similar offence in 1997.
- [first/second etc offence] : The usual fine is £15 to £100 for a first offence.
- [be charged with an offence] : Those arrested have been charged with public order offences.
- [cause/give offence] : Complaints about advertisements that cause offence
- [offence to] : A building that is an offence to good taste
- Weapons of offence
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