| 单词 | to bring into contempt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring (something) into (also †to) contempt 3. The condition of being despised or treated with scorn or disrespect. Frequently in to bring (something) into (also †to) contempt, to fall into (also †to) contempt.Recorded earliest in to have (a person or thing) in contempt at Phrases 2. See also to hold (a person or thing) in contempt at Phrases 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] contemptc1430 contemnment1502 vilipension1538 despisedness1587 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] unworshipc888 bismerc893 shameOE shondOE shendnessc1000 shendinga1220 shendlaca1225 slander1297 brixlea1300 shendship1303 hounteec1330 dishonourc1380 reproofc1380 defamationa1387 dishonestyc1386 hountagec1390 defamea1393 disworshipa1400 mishonoura1400 villainya1400 shendc1400 rebukec1425 contemptc1430 reproach?a1439 reprobationa1450 disfamec1460 opprobry?a1475 lackc1480 shentc1480 vitupery1489 defamy1490 opprobre1490 dain?a1500 contemnment1502 ignominy?1527 scandalization1530 ignomy1534 contumely1555 disglory1567 dehonestationa1575 disgrace1592 attainder1597 disreputation1601 defaming1611 ignominiousness1655 adoxy1656 opprobrium1684 shonda1961 c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 131 (MED) All that knewen hym..had hym in the more contempte. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBvv Whan a synner commeth to the custome of syn, than he falleth to contempt. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. xxiii. 9 To bring to contempt [1611 into contempt] all them that be glorious in the earth. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxxvi. 89 She may be said to have..fallen to such a contempt that she dares scarce shew her face. 1670 R. Baxter Life of Faith (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A3 I..honour your Piety, Sobriety, Integrity and Moderation, in an Age when such Vertues grow into contempt. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 662 The Craftsman hath seen better Days; but he has wrote himself into Contempt. 1750 P. Shaw Reflector iii. ii. 246 Such serviceable Studies, as now thro' Ignorance, Unskilfulness, and Rawness of Writing, are fallen into Contempt. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 189 He would like to bring military glory into contempt. 1903 T. E. Watson Life & Times T. Jefferson xxxii. 291 The central power sank into contempt after the peace. 2008 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 May 3 The only way to protect the innocent is to enforce the law. To allow it to lapse is to bring it into contempt, and to ensure it is widely flouted. < as lemmas |
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