scorn
noun/skɔːn/
/skɔːrn/
[uncountable]Idioms - a strong feeling that somebody/something is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak
轻蔑；鄙视 - Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn.
别的老师对她的提议不屑一顾。 - She was unable to hide the scorn in her voice.
她的声音中有掩饰不住的轻蔑。 - scorn for somebody/something They had nothing but scorn for his political views.
他们对他的政治观点只有鄙夷。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- He has suffered public scorn and humiliation.
他在大庭广众之下遭到了蔑视和羞辱。 - He reserved particular scorn for the director.
他对那位主任尤为不屑。 - He stared with scorn at his interviewers.
他有些轻蔑地盯着面试官们。 - His poetry was the object of scorn.
他的诗歌成了人们嘲笑的对象。 - She expressed her scorn for the rules.
她表达了对那些规定的蔑视。 - She reserved her most withering scorn for journalists.
她最瞧不起的就是记者了。 - What have I done to deserve such scorn?
我做了什么让你这么瞧不起？ - Young people may risk the scorn of their peers if they join such a club.
如果年轻人加入这样的俱乐部，可能会面临被同龄人嘲笑的风险。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- withering
- public
- heap
- pour
- reserve
- …
- with scorn
- scorn for
- an object of scorn
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin. - Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn.
Idioms
pour/heap scorn on somebody/something
- to speak about somebody/something in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them
嗤之以鼻；不屑一顾 - Opposition politicians poured scorn on the proposals.
反对派政界人士对这些提议嗤之以鼻。
- Opposition politicians poured scorn on the proposals.