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Despicable Adj Reverence Latin Despikəbl A.可鄙的,卑劣的 英 可鄙的,卑劣的

单词 despicable
音标 ['despikəbl]
解释 a.可鄙的,卑劣的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 可鄙的,卑劣的 (deserving to be despised; contemptible)
【考】 redoubtable : awe (regard)/ despicable : scorn(contempt,disr egard)(可怕的让人敬畏/可 鄙的让人蔑视)venerable : reverence / despicable : scorn(可敬的让人尊敬/可 鄙的让人鄙视)despicable : value / mulish : flexibility(卑劣的没有价值/执 拗的[人]没有灵活性)
【记】 de+spic(看)+able→ 不值得看的→卑劣的
【同】 参考:despise(轻视) ; conspicuous(显著的)
【例】 The despicable child trampled my flower.
字源 despicable (adj.)
1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin despicari "despise, disdain, look down on," from de- "down" (see de-) + spicare, variant of specere "to look" (see scope (n.1)).
不择手段背单词 adj. 可鄙的, 卑劣的(应受谴责或唾弃的) = contemptible
【记】de向下, spic看-让别人向下看的-可鄙的
【参】despise(v 轻视); conspicuous(adj 显著的)
【类】redoubtable: awe[regard] = reprehensible: censure = despicable: scorn[contempt; disregard]可怕的让人敬畏 = 应受斥责的让人斥责 = 可鄙的让???蔑视venerable: reverence = despicable: scorn可敬的让人尊敬 = 可鄙的让人鄙视despicable: value = mulish: flexibility卑劣的没有价值 = 顽固的没有灵活性
【反】sublime(adj 庄严的; 崇高的)
趣味全助记 【记】来自despise,spec 看 look down on;音:敌视鄙视

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