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contemptuous [kən'tɛmptʃʊəs]
a. 轻蔑的, 鄙视的, 瞧不起人的
- Snobs are usually contemptuous of people they feel to be beneath them.
势利者通常瞧不起他们认为地位在他们之下的人。 - He gave a contemptuous laugh.
他轻蔑地笑了笑。 - You should not be contemptuous of underprivileged people.
你不应该看不起无权无势的人。
contemptuous
[ adj ]
expressing extreme contempt
<adj.all>
expressing extreme contempt
<adj.all>
Contemptuous \Con*temp"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a.
Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful;
haughty; insolent; disdainful.
A proud, contemptuous behavior. --Hammond.
Savage invective and contemptuous sarcasm. --Macaulay.
Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of
the Jews. --Atterbury.
Syn: Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious;
insulting; contumelious.
Usage: {Contemptuous}, {Contemptible}. These words, from
their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously
interchanged, as when a person speaks of having ``a
very contemptible opinion of another.'' Contemptible
is applied to that which is the object of contempt;
as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow.
Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates
contempt; as, a contemptuous look; a contemptuous
remark; contemptuous treatment. A person, or whatever
is personal, as an action, an expression, a feeling,
an opinion, may be either contemptuous or
contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not
be contemptuous.
Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful;
haughty; insolent; disdainful.
A proud, contemptuous behavior. --Hammond.
Savage invective and contemptuous sarcasm. --Macaulay.
Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of
the Jews. --Atterbury.
Syn: Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious;
insulting; contumelious.
Usage: {Contemptuous}, {Contemptible}. These words, from
their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously
interchanged, as when a person speaks of having ``a
very contemptible opinion of another.'' Contemptible
is applied to that which is the object of contempt;
as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow.
Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates
contempt; as, a contemptuous look; a contemptuous
remark; contemptuous treatment. A person, or whatever
is personal, as an action, an expression, a feeling,
an opinion, may be either contemptuous or
contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not
be contemptuous.
- "Sentimentalism" is a frequent retort in what promises to be a deeper and wider debate, but "sentimentalism" is often a contemptuous term for concern.
- Are they not a race contemptuous of others?
- The council, contemptuous, turned him down.
- Steven Thorne, a partner in the Chicago office of accounting firm Arthur Andersen & Co., warns that the code's complexity, coupled with the shifting tax landscape, is breeding a contemptuous taxpayer attitude: "This is a dumb rule.
- Not that congressmen contemptuous of the Constitution care, but this is also a bill of attainder in the form of a taking without compensation from Toshiba shareholders, including U.S. citizens.
- Those quotation marks are masterfully contemptuous, as if "violating the law" were some slangy and meaningless juvenile insult on the order of "having a spaz attack."
- These governors, so often contemptuous of the federal government, believe they have a fresh lesson for Congress and President Bush.
- He will campaign hard alongside the prime minister in the summer elections. Mr Heseltine is similarly contemptuous of rumours he has been wining and dining Mr Major's opponents on the Tory right.
- For instance, one nonreligious businessman in Tehran who is openly contemptuous of the mullahs who run the country mused the other day about what might happen if Iran somehow wins the war against Iraq.
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Contena
contend
contend for
contend for markets
contend with
contender
contenders
contending
contending transmitti...
Contenet
content
content accessable me...
content addressability
content addressable m...
content addressed memory
content addressing
content analysis
content attribute
content based
content by volume
content conversion
content designator
content directory
content function
content gage
content gauge
content indicator
content management
content management sy...
content meter
content of a point set
content of a polynomial
content of ashes (铸...
content of consumption
content of evidence
content of inventory
content of point set
content of wetting agent
content oneself with
content portion
content provider
content psychology
content rating
content ratio analyzer
content retrieval
content return
content return request
Content Scrambling Sy...
content supervisor
content syndication
content type
content type indication
content unknown
content unknown clause
content valid
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