| 单词 | contemptuous |
| 释义 | contemptuous (kəntemptʃuəs ) adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all. He was contemptuous of private farmers. He's openly contemptuous of all the major political parties. [+ of] She gave a contemptuous little laugh. Synonyms: scornful, insulting, arrogant, withering contemptuously graded adverb [ADVERB with verb] 'A deal!' she said contemptuously, 'I hate all deals.' Collocations: contemptuous attitude Today, she regrets that prideful and contemptuous attitude and feels compassion for those who were hurt by it. Christianity Today It shows a contemptuous attitude towards the 17.4million people who voted to leave and who had been promised that the government would respect the result. The Sun And he said he had caused 'an additional element of trauma' with his 'contemptuous attitude'. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 心怀蔑视的 Japanese: 軽蔑した |
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