簡介
contempt /k渂'tempt/ DJ
noun
the feeling that sb/sth is without value and deserves no respect at all 蔑視；輕蔑；鄙視 ~ (for sb/sth) uncountable singular
例句：
She looked at him with contempt.
她輕蔑地看著他。
I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.
我對那項建議當然會不屑一顧。
His treatment of his children is beneath contempt(= so unacceptable that it is not even worth feeling contempt for).
他對待自己子女的那種行徑為人所不齒。
Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by the police.
政治家們似乎普遍受到警察的輕視。
They had shown a contempt for the values she thought important.
他們對她所認為重要的價值表示蔑視。
a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc. （對規則、危險等的）藐視，不顧 ~ for sth uncountable singular
例句：
The firefighters showed a contempt for their own safety.
那些消防隊員已把他們自己的安全置之度外。
His remarks betray a staggering contempt for the truth(= are completely false).
他的話表明他完全無視事情的真相。
He could be jailed for two years for contempt.
他由於藐視法庭可能被監禁兩年。
She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
她因拒絕作證而被判藐視法庭罪。
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