[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]轻视;鄙视;蔑视 If you feel disdain for someone or something, you dislike them because you think that they are inferior or unimportant.
[oft N for n]
Janet looked at him with disdain...
珍妮特轻蔑地看着他。
She shared her daughter's disdain for her fellow countrymen.
她和女儿都瞧不起自己的同胞。
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[VERB 动词]轻视;鄙视;蔑视 If you disdain someone or something, you regard them with disdain.
[V n]
Jackie disdained the servants that her millions could buy.
杰姬鄙视那些她用钱就可以收买的奴仆。
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[VERB 动词]不屑于(做) If you disdain to do something, you do not do it, because you feel that you are too important to do it.
[V to-inf]
Franklin told Sara that he had himself disdained to take the job.
富兰克林告诉萨拉他不屑于去做那份工作。
Oxford
dis·dain/dɪsˈdeɪn; NAmEdɪsˈdeɪn/
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disdaindisdainsdisdaineddisdainingnoun[uncountable , singular ]the feeling that sb/sth is not good enough to deserve your respect or attention 鄙视;蔑视;鄙弃SYN
contempt
◆to treat sb with disdain鄙视某人disdainfor sb/sth ◆a disdain for the law对法律的藐视verb( formal) 1disdainsb/sth to think that sb/sth is not good enough to deserve your respect 鄙视;蔑视;鄙弃◆She disdained his offer of help.他提出要帮助,遭到她的鄙弃。2disdainto do sth to refuse to do sth because you think that you are too important to do it 不屑(做某事)◆He disdained to turn to his son for advice.他不屑向自己的儿子请教。dis·dain/dɪsˈdeɪn; NAmEdɪsˈdeɪn/
a complete lack of respect that you show for someone or something because you think they are not important or good enoughwith disdain She watched me with disdain. a look of complete disdaindisdain for his disdain for capitalism
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disdaindisdain2 verb formal
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1[transitive] to have no respect for someone or something, because you think they are not important or good enough: Childcare was seen as women’s work, and men disdained it.2disdain to do something to refuse to do something because you are too proud to do it: Butler disdained to reply.
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