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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。
鄙视；蔑视；看不起
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鄙视；蔑视；看不起
to feel or show contempt for someone or something; to despise
She scorned his offer of help.
她鄙视他提供的帮助。
鄙视；轻蔑
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
不屑一顾；轻蔑拒绝
To reject, turn down with disdain.
不屑做；耻于做
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
嘲笑；轻蔑表示
To scoff, to express contempt.
scorn
Base
原形
scorns
3rd person
第三人称单数
scorning
-ing
现在分词
scorned
Past
过去式
scorned
Past participle
过去分词
She scorns anyone who disagrees with her.
她鄙视任何与她意见不同的人。
He scorned the offer without a second thought.
他不假思索地拒绝了那个提议。
They have always scorned such behavior.
他们一直鄙视这种行为。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
She scorns to answer such a rude question.
她不屑回答如此粗鲁的问题。
He scorned the offer as beneath him.
他轻蔑地拒绝了那个提议，认为有失身份。
Scorning all warnings, she went alone into the forest.
她不理会所有警告，独自走进了森林。
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。
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。
Not this
He scorned at the offer.
Use this
He scorned the offer.
scorn作为及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词。中国学习者受中文‘嘲笑’常与介词搭配的影响，误加at。
Not this
She gave him a scorn look.
Use this
She gave him a scornful look.
scorn是名词或动词，不能用作形容词。表示‘轻蔑的’应用形容词scornful。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
被鄙弃的女人（常指被情人抛弃者）
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
被鄙弃的女人的怒火比地狱之火更可怕。
对……表示轻蔑；大肆嘲讽
The critics poured scorn on the new film, calling it a complete waste of time.
评论家们对新片大肆嘲讽，称它纯属浪费时间。
被辜负（或蔑视）的女人发起怒来极为可怕
She never got over the betrayal—hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
她始终无法原谅那次背叛——被辜负的女人的怒火比地狱更可怕。
地狱之怒也比不上一个遭到轻蔑的女人。
This famous line, from William Congreve's 1697 play 'The Mourning Bride,' warns that a woman who has been rejected or deeply humiliated can become more vengeful than hell itself. It is frequently quoted in films and literature to describe the dangerous anger of a woman who has been wronged in love.
这句名言出自威廉·康格里夫1697年的剧作《悲悼新娘》，意即遭到抛弃或深深羞辱的女人会比地狱本身更充满复仇之心。影视和文学作品中常引用此语，来形容在爱情中受到伤害的女人的危险怒火。
Use scorn naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
常用于被动结构，如 be scorned by sb.
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