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形容词:contemptuous (轻蔑的)
相关变形
形容词形式-contemptuous (轻蔑的);动词形式-contemn (蔑视)
易混词辨析
contempt、contemptuous、respect、dislike
1.contemptuous:形容词 “轻蔑的”(如 a contemptuous look),contempt 是名词 “轻蔑;鄙视”(如 hold contempt for sb.);
2. respect:名词 / 动词 “尊重”(如 show respect),与 contempt 反义;
3. dislike:动词 / 名词 “不喜欢”(如 dislike coffee),程度比 contempt 轻(contempt 是 “鄙视”,dislike 是 “不喜欢”);
4. 注意 contempt 常用搭配 “hold in contempt”,不可说 “hold contempt”。
精选例句
1、 His humour depended on contempt for others.
他的幽默基于对他人的蔑视。
来源:秒词邦搜集整理
2、 They looked on his behaviour with contempt.
他们对他的行为不屑一顾。
来源:《牛津词典》
1、 One argument that you tend to hear a lot from the pro-tipping crowd seems logical enough: the service is better when waiters depend on tips, presumably because they see a benefit to successfully veiling their contempt for you.
你经常从赞成给小费的人群中听到的一个论点似乎很有道理:当服务员依赖小费时,服务会更好,大概是因为他们认为成功掩盖对你的蔑视是有好处的。
来源:2016年12月份第1套题[阅读选择题]
1、 Coleman in his early work held athletics in contempt, arguing that they crowded out schools’ academic missions.
科尔曼在他早期的著作中蔑视体育运动,认为它们挤占了学校的学术使命。
来源:2014年12月六级第2套题句子搭配题
1、 “So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism, ” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to define ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are ’.
纽曼写道:“很少有作家有足够的头脑或文学天赋能让自己在新闻业中走到最后,所以我很想把‘新闻业’定义为‘无人阅读的作家对有人阅读的作家的蔑称’。”
来源:2010年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)Text 1
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