contempt

n.轻视；轻蔑；（对规则、危险等的）藐视；不顾

noun

1. 蔑视；轻蔑；鄙视
   the feeling that sb/sth is without value and deserves no respect at all
   1. She looked at him with contempt .
      她轻蔑地看着他。
   2. I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.
      我对那项建议当然会不屑一顾。
   3. 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。
   4. 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。
   5. 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。
2. （对规则、危险等的）藐视，不顾
   a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc.
   1. He could be jailed for two years for contempt.
      他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两年。
   2. She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
      她因拒绝作证而被判藐视法庭罪。
3. （对规则、危险等的）藐视，不顾
   a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc.
   1. He could be jailed for two years for contempt.
      他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两年。
   2. She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
      她因拒绝作证而被判藐视法庭罪。

名词复数形式:contempts

contempt 蔑视

来自contemn, 蔑视。-pt, 过去分词后缀。

1. He has contempt for those beyond his immediate family circle
   他鄙视直系亲属圈子以外的人。
2. I hope voters will treat his advice with the contempt it deserves.
   我希望选民们给予其建议应有的鄙视。
3. Mr. Kelly was sentenced to six months in prison for contempt.
   凯利先生因藐视法庭被判6个月监禁。
4. Small wonder that many voters hold their politicians in contempt.
   无怪乎很多选民看不起他们的政治家。
5. He faced imprisonment for contempt of court.
   他因藐视法庭面临监禁。
6. Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.
   对罪恶熟悉之后，生出的不是蔑视，而是习以为常。
7. Christopher's listening face flamed at the contempt.
   克利斯托弗听到这种蔑视，气得涨红了脸。
8. Mack felt a pitiless contempt for her.
   麦克对她没有同情，只有鄙夷。
9. The reviews for 'On a Clear Day' ran the gamut from contempt to qualified rapture.
   对于《好日子》的影评毁誉参半，既有人表示不值一提，也有人觉得它带给人一定的惊喜。
10. The bikers have shown enough contempt of the law to ride their machines over police cars. 'You've got to laugh at their audacity,' said Mr Starkey.
    摩托车党藐视法律，竟对警车玩起凌空飞车来。“牛气可嘉呀，”斯塔基先生说道。
11. The complainant has been exposed to public odium, scandal and contempt.
    原告遭到了公众的憎恨、非议与蔑视。
12. In showing contempt for the heavyweight championship Douglas offended a stern code.
    道格拉斯藐视重量级拳王称号的行为违背了严格的准则。
13. There was a prima facie case that a contempt of court had been committed.
    表面上看这是一宗藐视法庭的案件。
14. The attacker still stood there, watching her with silent contempt
    袭击者还站在那里，用一种鄙夷的眼神一言不发地看着她。
15. He who swallows food handed out in contempt will have a bellyache.
    嗟来之食，吃下去肚子要痛的。
16. The lazybones are always held in contempt.
    懒汉总叫人看不起。
17. We feel contempt for a liar.
    我们蔑视说慌的人。
18. Ah Q had always had the greatest contempt for such people as little nuns.
    小尼姑之流是阿Q本来视如草芥的。
19. I hold those fools in utter contempt.
    我根本瞧不起那些蠢货。
20. They would often look at us with unmistakable contempt.
    他们惯用明白无误的轻蔑眼光打量我们。
21. Had you been contented with what nature made you, you would have escaped the chastisement of your betters and also the contempt of your equals.
    如果你过去满足于你自己的天生模样，你就不会受到比你美的人的惩罚，也不会受到跟你相同的人的鄙视了。
22. She looked at him with immediate and undisguised contempt.
    她用毫不掩饰的轻蔑眼光看着他。
23. They held the imperialism in contempt.
    他们鄙视帝国主义。
24. He rushed forward in contempt of danger.
    他不顾危险冲向前去。
25. Such behavior will bring you into contempt.
    这样的行为会使你丢人现眼。
26. I have held this English dabbler person in contempt most!
    我最鄙视这种半吊子英语的人了！
27. But I do not hate him, he is just a little contempt and pity.
    不过我不恨他，只是有点鄙视和可怜他。
28. If you hold him in contempt, all is lost.
    如果你对他有点轻视，一切都失去了意义。
29. His son's lies filled him with anger and contempt.
    他儿子说谎，使他内心充满了愤怒和鄙夷。
30. They faced hostility, contempt, ostracism.
    他们面对着敌意、轻蔑和排斥。