You can offend me but you cannot offend against the law.

你可以冒犯我，但不能违背法律。

youdao

I cannot afford to offend him.

我惹不起他。

《新英汉大辞典》

Except for the attempted crime of traffic in drugs that cannot be offend, the attempted act offence is just in the situation of the attempt that is being accomplished.

贩卖毒品罪除了不能犯的未遂外，行为犯的未遂只能存在着手未遂的情况。

youdao

But he cannot afford to offend the United States, as he did in 1991.

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