youdao

The idea seems to offend against logic.

这个想法似乎违背逻辑。

youdao

We mustn't offend against their customs.

我们不能违反他们的风俗。

youdao

But who is to decide which restrictions are reasonable and which offend against what the Supreme Court has now declared to be a fundamental right?

ECONOMIST: Guns and the Supreme Court

As for that other fight, against Saddam, Guinea is in a pickle, anxious to offend neither France nor America.

ECONOMIST: Ramshackle Guinea