| 词汇 | scorn |
| 释义 | scornWord family nounscornerscornfulnessscorningscornadjectivescornfuladverbscornfully scorn1 /skɔːn $ skɔːrn/ noun [uncountableU] 1 MAKE FUN OFthe feeling that someone or something is stupid or does not deserve respect 鄙视，蔑视，轻视 SYN contempt scorn for He felt scorn for his working-class parents. 他鄙视自己工薪阶层的父母。 with scorn Rachel looked at me with scorn. 蕾切尔神情蔑视地看着我。 2 pour scorn on somebody/something (also heap scorn on somebody/something American EnglishAmE) to strongly criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect 对某人/某事物嗤之以鼻[不屑一顾] Labour poured scorn on the Tory claim to be the party of law and order. 保守党自称是重视法治的政党，工党对此嗤之以鼻。 Examples from the Corpus pour scorn on somebody/something• His complicity, if proved, would be a sensation, but even his critics poured scorn on the accusation.• It was this last bit that caused the problem, and critics have poured scorn on the advice ever since.• But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim. Examples from the Corpus scorn• Rosie said with that upper lip twisting in scorn.• Who stare at us with incredulous scorn.• But remember my scorn for the so-called airtight argument!• I vacillated between the false potency of scorn and feelings of ineptitude.• Wrong to fear fitzAlan's impatience or scorn.• But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim. scorn for• He could barely disguise his scorn for her. scorn2 verb [transitiveT] 1 REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto show that you think that something is stupid, unreasonable, or not worth accepting 鄙视，蔑视；不屑于接受 Many women scorn the use of make-up. 许多女性不屑于使用化妆品。 2 to criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect 批评，抨击 He scorned the government’s record in dealing with crime. 他对政府在处理犯罪问题上的表现持批评态度。 Examples from the Corpus scorn• The limits of convention were hers to scorn.• Hell hath no fury like a user scorned.• Marry as I order you or I brand you as wanton for everyone to scorn.• Skinner's ideas were scorned by many American psychologists.• Admired by the young and scorned by the old.• Many scorned it but rapturous press reviews helped push the record up into the high altitudes of the independent chart.• My kids used to scorn my politics as right-wing selfishness.• It is too valuable a document of human heartbreak and muddle to be scorned or dismissed.• Many young people scorn polite behaviour as insincere.• As they undressed and put their worn-out shoes beneath their beds, they again scorned the efforts of the soldier.• Where glues are concerned, I, personally, would not scorn to wear both a belt and braces. (1100-1200) Old French escarn |
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