英语词汇“thumb one's nose at”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

thumb one's nose at

informal Show disdain or contempt for: high-strung and unpredictable, he routinely thumbed his nose at authority...

He had the women, he had the gadgets and he was thumbing his nose at what was considered politically correct at the time.
Even more significantly, in having married a black woman, Becker seemed to be thumbing his nose at deeply ingrained Aryan idealism.
Yet instead of pursuing a bi-partisan agenda, he has thumbed his nose at over half of the American population.

Synonyms

defy, go against, rebel against, flout, fly in the face of, disobey, refuse to obey, disregard, ignore, set one's face against, kick against;

break, violate, contravene, breach, infringe

informal cock a snook at

archaic set at naught

See parent entry: thumb

单词	thumb one's nose at
释义	thumb one's nose at informal Show disdain or contempt for: high-strung and unpredictable, he routinely thumbed his nose at authority... He had the women, he had the gadgets and he was thumbing his nose at what was considered politically correct at the time. Even more significantly, in having married a black woman, Becker seemed to be thumbing his nose at deeply ingrained Aryan idealism. Yet instead of pursuing a bi-partisan agenda, he has thumbed his nose at over half of the American population. Synonyms defy, go against, rebel against, flout, fly in the face of, disobey, refuse to obey, disregard, ignore, set one's face against, kick against; break, violate, contravene, breach, infringe informal cock a snook at archaic set at naught See parent entry: thumb
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