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Disdain French Desdeignier Related 不 Dis'dein N./V.轻视,鄙视 英

单词 disdain
音标 [dis'dein]
解释 n./v.轻视,鄙视
红宝书 【英】 n./v.轻视,鄙视(to refuse or reject with aloof contempt or scorn; despise)
【考】 snub : disdain / double-cross : disloyalty(怠慢是一种轻视的表 现/欺骗是一种不忠的 表现)反义词:treat favorably(赞同地对 待); adulation(阿谀)
字源 disdain (v.)
late 14c., from Old French desdeignier "disdain, scorn, refuse, repudiate," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + deignier "treat as worthy" (see deign). Related: Disdained; disdaining.
disdain (n.)
mid-14c., desdegne "scorn, contempt," earlier dedeyne "offended dignity" (c.1300), from Old French desdeigne, from desdeignier (see disdain (v.)). Sometimes in early Modern English shortened to sdain, sdainful. Related: disdainful; disdainfully.
不择手段背单词 n. /v. (冷漠的)轻视; 鄙视(认为...比自己低能) = despise
【记】dis不, dai戴n象帽子: 武警官兵不戴帽子见老江: 轻视dis不, dain = dign高贵, 值得-不高贵-鄙视
【参】dignity(n 尊严; 高贵); deign(v 屈尊); disdainful(adj 轻蔑的)
【类】snub: disdain = double-cross: disloyalty怠慢是一种轻视 = 欺骗是一种不忠
【反】treat favorably(亲切地对待); adulation(n 阿谀奉承)
趣味全助记 【记】dis 不 + deign 屈尊→不屈尊→因为轻蔑;dis 不 + dean 系主任,不是系主任就轻视,现在只有当了官的才不被轻视;dis 没 + 音:胆,没胆,说你没胆量→鄙视

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