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disdain sth
He disdained their offer of help.
他不屑于接受他们的帮助。
鄙视；蔑视
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鄙视；蔑视
to regard someone or something with strong contempt; to look down on
He disdained their offer of help.
他不屑于接受他们的帮助。
鄙视,蔑视
To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
disdain
Base
原形
disdains
3rd person
第三人称单数
disdaining
-ing
现在分词
disdained
Past
过去式
disdained
Past participle
过去分词
He disdains such behavior.
他蔑视这种行为。
规则动词，意为蔑视、鄙弃
She disdained their offer of charity.
她蔑视他们提供的施舍。
He walked past, disdaining to even look at us.
他走过，甚至不屑看我们一眼。
The cat disdains any food that is not fresh.
这只猫鄙视任何不新鲜的食物。
He disdained their offer of help.
他不屑于接受他们的帮助。
表示因鄙视而拒绝做某事。
She disdained to reply to the insult.
她不屑于回应那句侮辱。
Not this
She disdained at his offer.
Use this
She disdained his offer.
disdain作为动词是及物动词，后面不能跟介词at，应直接接宾语。
Not this
He disdained for the idea.
Use this
He disdained the idea.
disdain作为动词是及物动词，不能与介词for连用，应直接接宾语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
不屑于做某事
She disdained to answer such a rude question.
她不屑于回答如此粗鲁的问题。
轻蔑地拒绝提议
He disdained the offer of a bribe.
他轻蔑地拒绝了贿赂的提议。
鄙视这种想法
They disdained the idea of compromising their principles.
他们鄙视为了原则妥协的想法。
蔑视这种行为
Her colleagues disdained such dishonest behavior.
她的同事们蔑视这种不诚实的行为。
公开表示蔑视
The critic openly disdained the painter's latest work.
这位评论家公开表示蔑视那位画家的最新作品。
轻蔑地看待某人或某物，鄙视
She looked with disdain on the proposal, calling it a waste of time.
她轻蔑地看待这个提议，称其浪费时间。
藐视某人或某物，对……嗤之以鼻
He treated their concerns with disdain, refusing to listen.
他对他们的担忧嗤之以鼻，拒绝听取。
不屑于做某事（认为做某事有失身份）
The manager disdained to respond to the anonymous criticism.
经理不屑于回应匿名批评。
蔑视是唯一一种在被无视时无法存活的东西。
This is a well-known aphorism by American writer Mason Cooley. It means that disdain loses its power when it is ignored, because it depends on being recognized to have any effect.
这是美国作家梅森·库利的一句名言。它说明蔑视一旦被忽视就会失去力量，因为蔑视需要被人注意到才会起作用。
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disdain：联想 dainty（精致），觉得对方不够精致而鄙视。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或正式书面语、批评性评论 disdain 作动词时多用于正式或书面语境，表示强烈的轻视或蔑视，口语中不太常见。
These six words all rhyme with disdain /dɪsˈdeɪn/ and use the same -ain spelling. Be careful: captain /ˈkæptɪn/, mountain /ˈmaʊntən/, and certain /ˈsɜːrtən/ have -ain as a reduced sound, and design /dɪˈzaɪn/ sounds like sign, not disdain.
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