con·temp·tu·ous
adjective/kənˈtemptʃuəs/
/kənˈtemptʃuəs/
- feeling or showing that you have no respect for somebody/something
蔑视的；鄙视的；表示轻蔑的 - She gave him a contemptuous look.
她鄙夷地看了他一眼。 - The company has shown a contemptuous disregard for Henry’s complaints.
公司对亨利的抱怨漠然视之。 - Her voice sounded almost contemptuous.
她的语气近乎轻蔑。 - contemptuous of somebody/something He was contemptuous of everything I did.
他对我所做的一切都不屑一顾。
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘despising law and order’): from medieval Latin contemptuosus, from Latin contemptus ‘contempt’, from contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere ‘despise’. - She gave him a contemptuous look.