contemn
英 [kən'tem]
美
- vt. 蔑视；侮辱
近义词
despise
英英释义
- 1. look down on with disdain;
- "He despises the people he has to work for"
- "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
实用场景例句
- The wicked contemn God.
- 恶人轻侮上帝.
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中文词源
contemn 蔑视
con-, 强调。-tem，砍，切，词源同tome, anatomy. 即被切掉的无用部分，不屑一顾的。
助记提示
1、con- + temn- ( intensive prefix ).
双语例句
- 1. The wicked contemn God.
- 恶人轻侮上帝.
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英文词源
- contemn (v.)
- mid-15c., from Old French contemner (15c.), from Latin contemnere "to despise, scorn" (see contempt).
词态变化
第三人称单数: contemns;过去式: contemned;过去分词: contemned;现在分词: contemning;