| 单词 | despise |
| 释义 | despise (once / 238 pages) v If the mere thought of a burrito with sour cream in it turns your stomach, you could say that you despise sour cream. You loathe it, abhor it, hate it, and think it's vile. Despise dates all the way back to the Latin word despicare, which combines de "down" with specere "to look at." So if you look down your nose at something, you could say you despise it. Nowadays the word gets used a lot to describe things people really, really dislike, too. Note how similar in meaning and spelling despise is to Sylvester the cartoon cat's old favorite catchphrase despicable. Despicable means something worth of being despised. WORD FAMILYdespise: despisal, despised, despises, despising+/despised: despisedest, despisedly/despising: despisings USAGE EXAMPLESThe legislation is likely to erase the mandate that people buy insurance or face hefty IRS fines, which Republicans despise. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) He’s a very unctuous, oily, truly horrific villain who the audience will enjoy despising. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) “Yet, notwithstanding all this, if the laws be continually despised and disregarded . . . the alienation of their affections from the government is the natural consequence.” Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) v look down on with disdain He despises the people he has to work for Syn|Hypo|Hyper contemn, disdain, scorn look down on regard with contempt detest, hate dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards |
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