Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #7960
despise
鄙视；蔑视
核心释义
To regard with contempt or scorn.
- 1.
鄙视；蔑视
To regard with contempt or scorn.
- 2.
忽视；无视
To disregard or ignore.
无视；漠视；忽视；无视；轻视
用法In use
He despises people who lie.
用法提示：动词原形，表示持续的情感态度
She despised the unfair treatment she received.
用法提示：过去式，描述过去的鄙视情感
They are despising any form of corruption.
用法提示：现在进行时，强调当下的鄙视行为
despise sb/sth
直接接宾语，表示对某人或某物的轻蔑。
She despises hypocrisy.
她鄙视虚伪。
be despised by sb
被动结构，表示被某人鄙视。
He was despised by his colleagues.
他被同事看不起。
Verb forms
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- despise someone
- 鄙视某人
- She despised him for his cowardice.她因他的懦弱而鄙视他。
- despise something
- 鄙视某事
- He despises dishonesty in any form.他鄙视任何形式的不诚实。
- despise oneself
- 鄙视自己
- After the betrayal, he despised himself.背叛之后，他鄙视自己。
- despise the fact that
- 鄙视…这一事实
- I despise the fact that they lied to us.我鄙视他们对我们撒谎这一事实。
- despise people who
- 鄙视…的人
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象“despise”中的“spise”像“spit”（吐口水），向下吐口水表示鄙视。
语境与语域Context & Register
常见场景：formal writing、moral or emotional judgments 通常用于正式或半正式场合，表达强烈的厌恶或道德上的轻视，在日常口语中较少使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，后直接跟宾语
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'advise', 'chastise', 'comprise', 'revise', and 'disguise' rhyme with 'despise' because they share the same stressed vowel /aɪ/ and ending /z/. However, lookalikes such as 'supervise' (/ˈsuːpərvaɪz/) and 'televise' (/ˈtɛlɪvaɪz/) differ in stress and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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