scorn

英 [skɔːn]

美 [skɔːrn]

n.  轻蔑; 鄙视
v.  轻蔑; 鄙视; 不屑于(接受或做); 轻蔑地拒绝

过去式：scorned　过去分词：scorned　现在分词：scorning　第三人称单数：scorns　复数：scorns　

CET4CET6考研IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11677 / COCA.11935

习惯用语

n.

pour/heap scorn on sb/sth
• 嗤之以鼻；不屑一顾
  to speak about sb/sth in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them

v.

hell hath no fury (like a woman scorned)
• （尤指女人因丈夫或情人不忠而）大发雷霆；醋劲大发
  used to refer to sb, usually a woman, who has reacted very angrily to sth, especially the fact that her husband or lover has been unfaithful

牛津词典

noun

• 轻蔑；鄙视
  a strong feeling that sb/sth is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak
  1. Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn .
     别的老师对她的提议不屑一顾。
  2. They had nothing but scorn for his political views.
     他们对他的政治观点只有鄙夷。

verb

• 轻蔑；鄙视
  to feel or show that you think sb/sth is stupid and you do not respect them or it
  1. She scorned their views as old-fashioned.
     她对他们的观点嗤之以鼻，认为陈腐过时。
• 不屑于（接受或做）；轻蔑地拒绝
  to refuse to have or do sth because you are too proud
  1. to scorn an invitation
     轻蔑地回绝邀请
  2. She would have scorned to stoop to such tactics.
     她就不会下作到使用那样的伎俩。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 轻蔑;鄙视
  If you treat someone or somethingwith scorn, you show contempt for them.
  1. Researchers greeted the proposal with scorn...
     研究员们对这个建议嗤之以鼻。
  2. Franklin shared the family's scorn for his wife's new friends...
     富兰克林和家里人一样，也对他夫人的新朋友们不屑一顾。
  3. He became the object of ridicule and scorn.
     他成了嘲弄和鄙视的对象。
• VERB 看不起;鄙视
  If youscornsomeone or something, you feel or show contempt for them.
  1. Several leading officers have quite openly scorned the peace talks...
     几位高官相当公开地对和平谈判表示出不屑。
  2. People scorn me as a single parent.
     人们因为我一个人带着孩子就看不起我。
• VERB 拒绝;摈斥;不屑于接受
  If youscornsomething, you refuse to have it or accept it because you think it is not good enough or suitable for you.
  1. ...people who scorned traditional methods.
     摈弃传统做法的人
• PHRASE 对…嗤之以鼻;对…不屑一顾
  If youpour scorn onsomeone or something orheap scorn onthem, you say that you think they are stupid and worthless.
  1. It is fashionable these days to pour scorn on those in public life...
     如今人们都看不起那些从事公务工作的人。
  2. He used to heap scorn on Dr Vazquez's socialist ideas.
     他以前总是嘲笑巴斯克斯博士的社会主义观点。

英英释义

noun

• open disrespect for a person or thing
  Synonym:contempt
• lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  1. he was held in contempt
  2. the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
  Synonym:contemptdisdaindespite

verb

• reject with contempt
  1. She spurned his advances
  Synonym:rejectspurnfreeze offpooh-poohdisdainturn down
• look down on with disdain
  1. He despises the people he has to work for
  2. The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
  Synonym:contemndespisedisdain

双语例句

• Franklin shared the family's scorn for his wife's new friends
  富兰克林和家里人一样，也对他夫人的新朋友们不屑一顾。
• I spoke, but he listened with scorn.
  我这样说，可是他却不屑一顾地听着。
• And as for the people's reverence, would that it was turned to scorn and hatred!
  至于别人对我的尊重，我宁愿统统变成轻蔑与愤懑！
• Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.
  连小孩子也藐视我.我若起来、他们都嘲笑我。
• For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
  一想起你的爱使我那么富有，和帝王换位我也不屑于屈就。
• Several leading officers have quite openly scorned the peace talks
  几位高官相当公开地对和平谈判表示出不屑。
• People scorn me as a single parent.
  人们因为我一个人带着孩子就看不起我。
• He is a target for scorn.
  他是嘲笑的目标。
• The head of the navy heaped scorn on both the methods and motives of the conspirators.
  海军首长对密谋分子的手法和动机都表示出极大的轻蔑。
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
  和帝王换位我也不屑于屈就！