Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11677
scorn
鄙视；蔑视；看不起
to feel or show contempt for someone or something; to despise
- 1.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
鄙视；轻蔑
- 2.
To reject, turn down with disdain.
不屑一顾；轻蔑拒绝
- 3.
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
不屑做；耻于做
- 4.
To scoff, to express contempt.
嘲笑；轻蔑表示
轻蔑地拒绝；不屑接受；不屑于做；认为有失身份而不做；嘲笑；讥讽；鄙视；轻蔑；不屑一顾；轻蔑拒绝
In use
She scorns to answer such a rude question.
He scorned the offer as beneath him.
Scorning all warnings, she went alone into the forest.
scorn + noun phrase
直接接名词或代词，表示对某人或某物的轻蔑。
She scorned his offer of help.
她鄙视他提供的帮助。
scorn to do something
表示因鄙视而不愿做某事，后接不定式。
He scorned to answer their questions.
他不屑于回答他们的问题。
Verb forms
base scorn · third person scorns · -ing scorning · past scorned · past participle scorned
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
He scorned at the offer.
Connections
Collocations
- scorn to do something
- 不屑于做某事；认为做某事有失身份
- She scorned to answer their silly questions.她不屑于回答他们那些愚蠢的问题。
- scorn the idea
- 对…的想法嗤之以鼻；断然拒绝…的想法
- He scorned the idea of quitting the job.他对辞职的想法嗤之以鼻。
- scorn someone's advice
- 无视某人的劝告；蔑视…的建议
- He scorned his mother's advice and went ahead with his plan.他无视母亲的劝告，执意按照自己的计划行事。
- be scorned for something
- 因某事被轻视；因…而受到鄙视
- She was scorned for her lack of education.她因没有受过教育而被人轻视。
- scorn material wealth
- 鄙视物质财富；视金钱如粪土
- The poet scorned material wealth and lived simply.这位诗人鄙视物质财富，过着简朴的生活。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：烂corn（玉米）在脚下，你嫌弃地一脚踢开——scorn就是鄙视、轻蔑地拒绝。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose、public speech scorn 作动词时通常用于正式或文学语境，表示强烈的轻视、不屑，或出于自尊而拒绝；日常口语中比较少见，更常用 despise、look down on 或 refuse 来表达。注意根据场合选择语体，避免在随意对话中显得生硬。
Grammar Note
常用于被动结构，如 be scorned by sb.
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些以 -orn 结尾的词在标准英式发音中互相押韵：born /bɔːn/, corn /kɔːn/, horn /hɔːn/, torn /tɔːn/, worn /wɔːn/, adorn /əˈdɔːn/。注意：acorn /ˈeɪkɔːn/ 也是 -orn 结尾，但重音在首音节，不押韵；且本词典将 scorn 标为 /skɒ:n/，与这些词的 /ɔː/ 元音不同，按该音标也不押韵。
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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