contempt
noun /kənˈtempt/
/kənˈtempt/
[uncountable, singular]Idioms - the feeling that somebody/something is without value and deserves no respect at all
蔑视；轻蔑；鄙视 - with contempt 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。 - beneath contempt His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so bad 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。 - in contempt 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。 - contempt for somebody/something 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。
Topics Feelingsc1- He has a deep contempt for racists.
他对种族主义者极端蔑视。 - His remarks betray an utter contempt for the truth.
他不顾事实，满口胡言。 - She looked at him with barely disguised contempt.
她以毫不掩饰的轻蔑眼光看着他。 - She'd developed what she considered a healthy contempt for authority.
她养成了蔑视权威的习惯，认为这是正常合理的。 - He did not want to risk the contempt of his fellows.
他不想冒被同伴鄙视的风险。 - He felt nothing but contempt for her.
他对她只有蔑视。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- deep
- great
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- feel
- have
- hold somebody/something in
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- contempt for
- beneath contempt
- with contempt
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- with contempt She looked at him with contempt.
- contempt for something a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc.
（对规则、危险等的）藐视，不顾 - 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- deep
- great
- …
- feel
- have
- hold somebody/something in
- …
- contempt for
- beneath contempt
- with contempt
- …
- The firefighters showed a contempt for their own safety.
- (also contempt of court)the crime of refusing to obey an order made by a court; not showing respect for a court or judge
藐视法庭（罪） - He could be jailed for two years for contempt.
他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两年。 - in contempt She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
她因拒绝作证而被判藐视法庭罪。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- civil
- criminal
- be held in
- in contempt
- He could be jailed for two years for contempt.
词源late Middle English: from Latin contemptus, from contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere ‘despise’.
Idioms
familiarity breeds contempt
- (saying) knowing somebody/something very well may cause you to lose respect for them/it
过分亲密就会有所侮慢