contempt的意思

contempt

英 /kən'tem(p)t/ 美 /kən'tɛmpt/

  • 四级
  • 考研
  • 雅思

基本释义

  • n 轻蔑;藐视;受辱

    a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect

例句

  1. The public is treated with contempt by broadcasters.

    公众受到了节目主持人的轻蔑对待。

  2. How could she have loved a man who so clearly held her in contempt ?

    她怎么会爱上一个明显看不起她的男人呢?

短语

  • contempt of court 蔑视法庭;对法院的藐视罪
  • in contempt of 不顾;不把…放在眼里;藐视
  • beneath contempt 卑鄙到极点的

近义词

n 轻视,蔑视;耻辱

同根词

adj contemptible 可鄙的;卑劣的;可轻视的