contemptuous

英 [kənˈtemptʃuəs]

美 [kənˈtemptʃuəs]

adj.  蔑视的; 鄙视的; 表示轻蔑的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 蔑视的；鄙视的；表示轻蔑的
  feeling or showing that you have no respect for sb/sth
  1. She gave him a contemptuous look.
     她鄙夷地看了他一眼。
  2. He was contemptuous of everything I did.
     他对我所做的一切都不屑一顾。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 蔑视的;藐视的;鄙视的
  If you arecontemptuous ofsomeone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
  1. He was contemptuous of private farmers...
     他看不起私营农场主。
  2. He's openly contemptuous of all the major political parties...
     他公然蔑视各大党派。
  3. She gave a contemptuous little laugh.
     她鄙夷地轻轻笑了笑。

英英释义

adj

• expressing extreme contempt
  Synonym:disdainfulinsultingscornful

双语例句

• Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger.
  原意指对一个下级的男子和少年的带有侮蔑性的称呼；通常在生气时使用。
• Rommel and his junior officers were openly contemptuous of the Americans 'ability to fight.
  隆美尔和他手下的军官公开地蔑视美国人的战斗能力。
• Marx was contemptuous of the faith of his ancestors, and indifferent to the Lutheranism his father had adopted.
  马克思蔑视其祖先的信仰，对他父亲所信仰的路德教也不感兴趣。
• He gave a contemptuous laugh.
  他轻蔑地大笑起来。
• She gave a contemptuous little laugh.
  她鄙夷地轻轻笑了笑。
• His lips curled in a contemptuous smile ( or a sneer).
  他撇了撇嘴，轻蔑地一笑。
• He is very contemptuous of my opinions.
  他对我的意见很蔑视。
• He shows himself to be confident, addicted almost compulsively to hardship, somewhat contemptuous of the indians.
  他显示他自己是个充满自信、不怕吃苦几乎是自讨苦吃的人，有一点瞧不起印第安人。
• She's contemptuous of my humble home and poor surroundings.
  她瞧不起我出身卑贱，家境贫困。
• Any backwardness in her family towards him is due to his cold and contemptuous behavior.
  她家里人对他的迟疑归咎於他冷淡轻蔑的行为。