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

• 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。
• His lack of success had made him contemptuous of the way the London theatre was run.
  他的屡屡失败使他对伦敦戏剧业的经营方式产生了鄙视。
• He's openly contemptuous of all the major political parties
  他公然蔑视各大党派。
• She was very contemptuous of those beneath her.
  她对那些地位比她低的人极为蔑视。
• 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。
• And I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me on the same day that you lose your job?
  我还很惊讶你怎么能在丢掉工作的当天如此轻蔑地和我说话？
• His contemptuous attitude to society in general.
  他对社会所持的总的轻蔑态度。
• They are bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous or pessimistic.
  他们用或尖刻或轻蔑的态度表达怀疑、轻蔑和悲观的看法。
• She cast a contemptuous glance at him.
  她用轻蔑的目光扫了他一眼。
• And I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me
  我真是觉得奇怪你够胆这样轻蔑我