Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #4753
Fully loadedcontempt
轻蔑；鄙视；蔑视
a strong feeling of disliking someone or something and thinking they are worthless or unimportant; scorn or disdain
- 1.
The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
轻视；认为某人或某物低劣、卑贱或无价值的情感或态度；蔑视。
- 2.
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
轻蔑:缺乏尊重且伴有强烈厌恶
- 3.
The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
被轻视或羞辱的状态；耻辱。
- 4.
a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
轻蔑的态度:通常不敬且蔑视
- 5.
Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
对法院或立法机关权威的公然不敬或故意违抗。
- 6.
open disrespect for a person or thing
公开的蔑视:对人或事物的公然不敬
藐视（法庭）；蔑视（权威）；耻辱；受辱；轻视；认为某人或某物低劣、卑贱或无价值的情感或态度；蔑视。；轻蔑:缺乏尊重且伴有强烈厌恶；被轻视或羞辱的状态；耻辱。
In use
He showed contempt for the safety regulations by refusing to wear a helmet.
She looked at the dishonest salesman with contempt.
His contempt for authority eventually cost him his job.
he was held in contempt
have contempt for sb/sth
She has nothing but contempt for those who lie.
她对那些撒谎的人只有鄙视。
hold sb/sth in contempt
常用于法律语境，表示蔑视法庭。
The judge held the witness in contempt for refusing to answer.
法官因证人拒绝回答而判定其藐视法庭。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- hold in contempt
- 鄙视，蔑视
- She held his cowardice in contempt.她鄙视他的懦弱。
- show contempt
- 表示蔑视
- He showed contempt for the rules.他对规则表示蔑视。
- contempt for
- 对……的蔑视
- Her contempt for dishonest people was obvious.她对不诚实的人的蔑视是显而易见的。
- contempt of court
- 藐视法庭
- The lawyer was held in contempt of court for shouting.那位律师因大喊大叫被判定藐视法庭。
- with contempt
- 轻蔑地
- He looked at the mess with contempt.他轻蔑地看着这一团糟。
- beneath contempt
Learner notes
Memory Tip
contempt音似'看他们(被)鄙夷'，想象对某人轻蔑地看他们一眼。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或法律语境，多表示对某人或某事强烈的轻蔑或鄙视。
Grammar Note
通常不可数，常用介词: for (contempt for sb/sth), of (in contempt of), with (with contempt)
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with 'contempt' because their stressed vowel /ɛ/ is followed by /mpt/. Note: Words like 'accept' and 'adept' end in /ɛpt/ and do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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