| 词汇 | scorn |
| 释义 | scorn noun[ U ] uk /skɔːn/ us /skɔːrn/ a very strong feeling of no respect for someone or something that you think is stupid or has no value: 轻视，鄙视 She has nothing but scorn for the new generation of politicians.她对新一代政客只有鄙视。 Why do you always pour/heap scorn on(= criticize severely and unfairly) my suggestions?你为什么总是对我的建议嗤之以鼻？ Treating as unimportant blow something/someone off brush brush someone/something aside chopped liver damn denigrate denigration laugh laugh something off leave something at the dooridiom look down on someone minoritize mock never shrug shrug away shrug something off skate skate over/around something sniff at something scorn verb[ T ] uk /skɔːn/ us /skɔːrn/ to show scorn for someone or something: 轻视，鄙视 So does he respect the press and media, or does he secretly scorn them?他究竟是尊重报社和媒体，还是暗地里蔑视他们？ You scorned all my suggestions.你对我所有的建议都嗤之以鼻。 to refuse advice or an offer because you are too proud: 轻蔑地拒绝;不屑接受 She scorned all my offers of help.她不屑接受我的任何帮助。 Treating as unimportant blow something/someone off brush brush someone/something aside chopped liver damn denigrate denigration laugh laugh something off leave something at the dooridiom look down on someone minoritize mock never shrug shrug away shrug something off skate skate over/around something sniff at something You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Refusing & rejecting scorn | American Dictionaryscorn noun[ U ] us/skɔrn/ a strong feeling that someone or something is of little or no worth and deserves no respect: These countries deserve our respect, not the scorn of a politician. scornfuladjectiveus/ˈskɔrn·fəl/ a scornful laugh/look scorn verb[ T ] us/skɔrn/ to treat with a great lack of respect, or to refuse something because you think it is wrong or not acceptable: He was scorned by his classmates for his bad behavior. Examples of scornscorn The boundary of wretched practitioners and refined doctors is again transgressed, and she even scorns the insufficiency of scientific knowledge. He scorned the device suggested by the author of flinging himself into an armchair. Even more incongruously it had made him a figure to be courted, albeit not always with great appetite, by the cultural and artistic intelligentsia that had heretofore scorned him. Really, they were little better than the meridian of the earth, which he had just scorned, because the solid theoretical explanation of invariance was still lacking. Now she regrets her pride because she fears that her true lover has found another sweetheart and that it will be her turn to be scorned. She scorned the possibility that these virtues were exploited as a form of social control, and saw hypocrisy as in essence ethical, upholding standards whatever one's personal failures. He would have scorned to destroy fish with poison or explosives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Civil liberties, trade union freedom and the freedom of expression continue to be scorned. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The conservatives have scorned this as being what they call a watered-down version of the traditional concept of civil human rights. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I come to another more general thing which scorns to be occurring. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The best way to deal with that challenge is not by scorning people but by helping them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We scorned them because they did not have the skills that we thought that we had. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were scorned when we said that ways could be found of choosing the infrastructure in which investment could be placed without increasing inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think these things ought to be said, since this enterprise is now being scorned and ridiculed and its essential service belittled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one has mentioned what scorns to me to be the kernel of this pro- blem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of scorn These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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