contempt
美 [kən'tempt]
英 [kən'tempt]
- n.蔑视；轻蔑；鄙视；（对规则、危险等的）藐视
- 网络轻视；耻辱
contempt
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1. | 蔑视；轻蔑；鄙视the feeling that sb/sth is without value and deserves no respect at all |
She looked at him with contempt . 她轻蔑地看着他。 | |
I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves. 我对那项建议当然会不屑一顾。 | |
His treatment of his children is beneath contempt(= so unacceptable that it is not even worth feeling contempt for) . 他对待自己子女的那种行径为人所不齿。 | |
Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by ordinary people. 一般百姓似乎普遍看不起从政者。 | |
They had shown a contempt for the values she thought important. 他们对她所认为重要的价值表示蔑视。 |
2. | ~ for sth （对规则、危险等的）藐视，不顾a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc. |
The firefighters showed a contempt for their own safety. 那些消防队员已把他们自己的安全置之度外。 | |
His remarks betray a staggering contempt for the truth(= are completely false) . 他的话表明他完全无视事情的真相。 |