| 释义 |
beneath contempt beneath contemptAbominable. The atrocities committed by this regime are beneath contempt.See also: beneath, contemptbeneath contemptexceedingly contemptible. What you have done is beneath contempt. Your rude behavior is beneath contempt.See also: beneath, contemptbeneath conˈtempt very shameful or disgusting: Stealing the money was bad enough. Trying to get someone else blamed for it was beneath contempt.See also: beneath, contemptbeneath contemptNot even worthy of despising. The word “beneath” means the same as “below” or “under” but generally has been confined to poetic and archaic locutions. The pairing with “contempt” has been a cliché since the late nineteenth century.See also: beneath, contempt |