Scorn is a feeling or expression of contempt or derision. It can be used as both a noun (uncountable) and a verb, meaning to look down on or reject something with disdain.
Scorn is a feeling or expression of contempt or derision. It can be used as both a noun (uncountable) and a verb, meaning to look down on or reject something with disdain.
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]轻蔑；鄙视 If you treat someone or something with scorn, you show contempt for them.
[oft with N]
Researchers greeted the proposal with scorn...
研究员们对这个建议嗤之以鼻。
Franklin shared the family's scorn for his wife's new friends...
富兰克林和家里人一样，也对他夫人的新朋友们不屑一顾。
He became the object of ridicule and scorn.
他成了嘲弄和鄙视的对象。
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[VERB 动词]看不起；鄙视 If you scorn someone or something, you feel or show contempt for them.
[V n]
[V n as n]
Several leading officers have quite openly scorned the peace talks...
几位高官相当公开地对和平谈判表示出不屑。
People scorn me as a single parent.
人们因为我一个人带着孩子就看不起我。
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[VERB 动词]拒绝；摈斥；不屑于接受 If you scorn something, you refuse to have it or accept it because you think it is not good enough or suitable for you.
[V n]
...people who scorned traditional methods.
摈弃传统做法的人
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[PHRASE 短语]对…嗤之以鼻；对…不屑一顾 If you pour scorn on someone or something or heap scorn on them, you say that you think they are stupid and worthless.
[V inflects]
It is fashionable these days to pour scorn on those in public life...
如今人们都看不起那些从事公务工作的人。
He used to heap scorn on Dr Vazquez's socialist ideas.
他以前总是嘲笑巴斯克斯博士的社会主义观点。
Oxford
scorn/skɔːn; NAmEskɔːrn/
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verb
scornscornsscornedscorningnoun[uncountable ]a strong feeling that sb/sth is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak 轻蔑；鄙视SYN
contempt
◆Her fellow teachers greetedher proposal with scorn.别的老师对她的提议不屑一顾。scornfor sb/sth ◆They had nothing but scorn for his political views.他们对他的政治观点只有鄙夷。IDIOMpour/heap ˈscorn on sb/sthto speak about sb/sth 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verb1scornsb/sth to feel or show that you think sb/sth is stupid and you do not respect them or it 轻蔑；鄙视SYN
dismiss
◆She scorned their views as old-fashioned.她对他们的观点嗤之以鼻，认为陈腐过时。2( formal) to refuse to have or do sth because you are too proud 不屑于（接受或做）；轻蔑地拒绝scornsth ◆to scorn an invitation轻蔑地回绝邀请scornto do sth ◆She would have scorned to stoop to such tactics.她就不会下作到使用那样的伎俩。IDIOMsee
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scorn/skɔːn; NAmEskɔːrn/
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scorn1 noun
scorn2 verb
scornscorn1 /skɔːn $ skɔːrn/ noun [uncountable]
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1the feeling that someone or something is stupid or does not deserve respectSYN contemptscorn for He felt scorn for his working-class parents.with scorn Rachel looked at me with scorn.2pour scorn on somebody/something (also heap scorn on somebody/something American English) to strongly criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect: Labour poured scorn on the Tory claim to be the party of law and order.
scorn1 noun
scorn2 verb
scornscorn2 verb [transitive]
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1to show that you think that something is stupid, unreasonable, or not worth accepting: Many women scorn the use of make-up.2to criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect: He scorned the government’s record in dealing with crime.
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scorn
[skɔ:n]scorned, scorning, scorns
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n12271
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v16685
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NOUN17889
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VERB26525
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轻蔑(35%)，鄙视(24%)，不屑(16%)，嘲弄(13%)，奚落(6%)，笑柄(6%)
n.轻蔑；嘲笑；藐视的对象
vt.轻蔑；藐视；不屑做
vi.表示轻蔑；表示鄙视
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