单词	disdain
释义	disdain1 noundisdain2 verb disdaindis‧dain1 /dɪsˈdeɪn/ noun [uncountable] formal Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Communist disdain for the environment made matters worse. His father noticed them too but regarded them with disdain. Now the carbon-dioxide snow gleamed white beneath the icy disdain of the stars. Predictably, the international media circus, with its Olympian disdain for the parochial, has long since moved on. The most obvious: His expressed concern for the environment and his disdain for technology. The Shah had sometimes shown disdain for many such people. They remained aloof from the front row out of disdain and from the back row out of a sense of responsibility. a complete lack of respect that you show for someone or something because you think they are not important or good enoughwith disdain She watched me with disdain. a look of complete disdaindisdain for his disdain for capitalism disdain1 noundisdain2 verb disdaindisdain2 verb formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdisdain2 Origin: 1300-1400 Old French desdeignier, from deignier; ➔ DEIGN Verb Table VERB TABLE disdain Simple Form 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 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He disdains New York and the art that is produced there. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS 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. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► 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.
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