释义 |
disdain1 noundisdain2 verb disdaindisdain2 verb formal disdain2Origin: 1300-1400 Old French desdeignier, from deignier; ➔ DEIGN VERB TABLEdisdain |
Present | I, you, we, they | disdain | | he, she, it | disdains | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | disdained | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have disdained | | he, she, it | has disdained | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had disdained | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will disdain | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have disdained |
- He disdains New York and the art that is produced there.
- Along with his peers on the Board, Stark disdained them.
- But such simple fare he knew full well would be disdained.
- Even the casual Aranyos did not disdain to make the sign.
- From boyhood he disdained an easy life.
- I disdained to consult a medical dictionary, however.
- I could see her proudly carrying on her head an amphora to a well and disdaining all admirers.
- In fact, Roy disdains the cowardice of anyone who plays the easier shot.
- Throughout the Mekong delta, local officials who disdained Tu Duc nevertheless quit the provincial administration rather than submit to alien rule.
► disdain to do something- Tom Butler disdained to reply to such a trivial question.
- Bach himself did not disdain to transcribe Vivaldi concertos for organ or harpsichord and to borrow fugue-subjects from Legrenzi and Corelli.
- Even the casual Aranyos did not disdain to make the sign.
- Even the trendiest of today's celebrity chefs does not disdain to slosh it around.
- I disdained to consult a medical dictionary, however.
1[transitive] to have no respect for someone or something, because you think they are not important or good enough: Childcare was seen as women’s work, and men disdained it.2disdain to do something to refuse to do something because you are too proud to do it: Butler disdained to reply. |