| 单词 | contempt |
| 释义 | contempt (once / 155 pages) n Reserve the noun contempt for an extreme lack of respect: a food snob has nothing but contempt for mass-produced burgers and fries at a fast-food joint. Contempt has nothing to do with the verb condemn, despite the similarity in sound and meaning; it is from Latin temnere "to despise," and if you despise someone, you have contempt for them. It's a harsh term and should be used with care; it's stronger than either disdain or scorn. It suggests you find someone or something utterly worthless. That food snob might say the words "Big Mac" or "Whopper" with a voice dripping in contempt. WORD FAMILYcontempt: contempts, contemptuous+/contemptuous: contemptuously, contemptuousness USAGE EXAMPLESDefense attorney Scott Wood also questioned instructions to the jury and alleged the court wrongly found Kelly guilty of contempt. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He turned to me with eyes filled with contempt and anger: “Listen, war is about young men dying on their own far away from home!” The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Is he, and we say this with contempt, “just trolling”? Slate(Dec 28, 2016) 1n lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike he was held in contempt Syn|Hyper despite, disdain, scorn dislike a feeling of aversion or antipathy 2n open disrespect for a person or thing Syn|Hypo|Hyper scorn fleer contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words leer, sneera facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls sneera contemptuous or scornful remark discourtesy, disrespect an expression of lack of respect 3n a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous Syn|Hyper disrespect discourtesy, rudeness a manner that is rude and insulting 4n a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body Hypo|Hyper contempt of Congress deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch contempt of courtdisrespect for the rules of a court of law civil contempta failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else criminal contemptan act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice disobedience, noncompliance the failure to obey |
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