contempt
英 [kənˈtempt] 美 [kənˈtempt]
n. 蔑视; 轻蔑; 鄙视; (对规则、危险等的)藐视,不顾
牛津词典
noun
蔑视;轻蔑;鄙视
the feeling that sb/sth is without value and deserves no respect at allShe 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。
(对规则、危险等的)藐视,不顾
a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc.He could be jailed for two years for contempt.
他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两年。She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
她因拒绝作证而被判藐视法庭罪。
(对规则、危险等的)藐视,不顾
a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc.He could be jailed for two years for contempt.
他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两年。She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
她因拒绝作证而被判藐视法庭罪。