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词汇 sniff-at
释义

sniff at something


phrasal verb with sniffverbuk /snɪf/ us /snɪf/

(DISAPPROVE)


to show disapproval or a low opinion of something: 蔑视,轻视,对…不屑
Art experts sniffed at his work.艺术鉴赏家们对他的作品嗤之以鼻。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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
sweep something aside

(SHOW INTEREST)


(alsosniff around (something))
to show that you are interested in something: 对…表现出兴趣,对…感兴趣
A few computer firms are sniffing at the project already.已经有几家计算机公司对这一项目表现出了兴趣。
Chief executive David Prosser said the takeover speculation was wrong and no one was sniffing around.首席执行官戴维‧普罗瑟认为该收购设想行不通,没有人对此感兴趣。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Excited, interested and enthusiastic
abubble
aflutter
agog
all of a flutteridiom
amped
enthusiastically
entranced
evangelical
evangelistic
evangelistically
go ahead
lean towards sth
make (all) the right, correct, etc. noisesidiom
mood
nuts
omnivorous
zealous
zealously
zestful
zestfully
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