contempt /kən'tempt/ DJ
noun
the feeling that sb/sth is without value and deserves no respect at all 蔑视；轻蔑；鄙视 ~ (for sb/sth) uncountable singular
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 the police. 政治家们似乎普遍受到警察的轻视。
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。
a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc. （对规则、危险等的）藐视，不顾 ~ for sth uncountable singular
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。
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。英语字典contempt
If you havecontemptforsomeone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
Contemptmeans the same ascontempt of court.
If youholdsomeone or somethingin contempt, you feel contempt for them.
