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| 1 | a feeling that someone or something is unimportant and deserves no respect 轻视；轻蔑 |
| I shall treat that remark with the contempt it deserves. 那句话只会得到我的轻蔑。 |
| +for I have nothing but contempt for their ridiculous opinions. 我对他们那些荒谬的看法只有看不起。 |
| with contempt She regarded the tabloid press with absolute contempt. 她对那份通俗小报嗤之以鼻。 |
| hold sth/sb in contempt How could she marry a man whom she holds in such utter contempt? 她怎么能嫁给一个自己根本瞧不起的人呢？ |
| | 1a | if someone or something is beneath contempt , they are so bad or so unimportant that they do not deserve any attention 不屑一顾 | |
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| 2 | legal contempt of court |
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| 3 | +for a failure to show appropriate respect for something that other people consider to be important 蔑视；不敬 |
| He showed a complete contempt for other people’ s feelings. 他全然不顾其他人的感受。 |
| their apparent contempt for international law 他们对国际法的公然蔑视 |
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