contempt
noun [ U ] uk/kənˈtempt/ us/kənˈtempt/
(NO RESPECT)
C2 蔑视;鄙视;轻视;轻蔑
a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something
At school she had complete contempt for all her teachers. 在学校读书时她对所有老师都不屑一顾。
You should treat those remarks with the contempt that they deserve. 你理应对那些话不屑一顾。
She's beneath contempt (= I have no respect for her)! 她为人所不齿！
hold someone/something in contempt 对…不屑一顾
to feel contempt for someone or something
I would never hold someone in contempt for making a few mistakes in English.
I think history will hold us in contempt for what we are doing to the planet.
He had always held sport in contempt, preferring intellectual pursuits.
The party has now become tolerable to people who previously held it in contempt.
I hated spending time with them, as it was clear they held me in contempt.
- More examples
- She looked at him with undisguised contempt.
- He rewarded their kindness with hostility and contempt.
- Both Shelley and Byron had a passionate contempt for cant and hypocrisy.
- The boy shows utter contempt for authority and is virtually uncontrollable.
- In their senseless killing of innocent people, the terrorists display total contempt for human life.
(NOT OBEYING)
law specialized (also contempt of court)藐视法庭（罪）
behaviour that is illegal because it does not obey or respect the rules of a law court
The tobacco companies may be guilty of contempt of court for refusing to produce the documents. 烟草公司可能会因为拒不出示文件而被判藐视法庭罪。