contempt /kənˈtempt/

noun

[U, sing.]

1

~ (for sb/sth)

蔑视；轻蔑；鄙视

the feeling that sb/sth is without value and deserves no respect at all

She looked at him with contempt .

她轻蔑地看着他。

I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.

我对那项建议当然会不屑一顾。

His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so unacceptable that it is not even worth feeling contempt for) .

他对待自己子女的那种行径为人所不齿。

Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by ordinary people.

一般百姓似乎普遍看不起从政者。

They had shown a contempt for the values she thought important.

他们对她所认为重要的价值表示蔑视。

2

~ for sth

（对规则、危险等的）藐视，不顾

a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc.

The firefighters showed a contempt for their own safety.

那些消防队员已把他们自己的安全置之度外。

His remarks betray a staggering contempt for the truth (= are completely false) .

他的话表明他完全无视事情的真相。

3

= contempt of court

He could be jailed for two years for contempt.

他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两年。

She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.

她因拒绝作证而被判藐视法庭罪。

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