Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11677
scorn
轻蔑；鄙视
contempt or disdain
- 1.
Contempt or disdain.
轻蔑；鄙视
- 2.
A display of disdain; a slight.
轻蔑的表示；蔑视
- 3.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
被轻蔑的对象；笑柄
轻慢；表示轻蔑的举动；轻蔑的对象；笑柄；轻蔑的表示；蔑视；被轻蔑的对象；笑柄；轻蔑
In use
She looked at him with scorn after he lied.
His scorn for the new policy was clear.
The proposal was met with scorn by the committee.
scorn for [noun]
表示对某人或某事的轻蔑。
She felt nothing but scorn for his pathetic excuses.
她对他的可怜借口只有轻蔑。
with scorn
用作状语，表示以轻蔑的态度。
He dismissed the idea with scorn.
他轻蔑地驳斥了这个想法。
pour scorn on [noun]
固定搭配，意为‘嘲笑、蔑视’。
Critics poured scorn on the new policy.
批评家们对新政策嗤之以鼻。
Connections
Collocations
- pour scorn on
- 对…嗤之以鼻；嘲笑
- The critics poured scorn on the new film.评论家们对这部新电影嗤之以鼻。
- with scorn
- 轻蔑地；鄙夷地
- She looked at me with scorn.她轻蔑地看了我一眼。
- scorn for
- 对…的鄙视；轻蔑
- He made no secret of his scorn for the proposal.他毫不掩饰对这一提议的鄙视。
- treat with scorn
- 轻蔑对待；不屑一顾
- They treated his warnings with scorn.他们对他的警告不屑一顾。
- sheer scorn
- 极度的鄙夷；十足的鄙视
- Her reply was full of sheer scorn.她的回答充满了极度的鄙夷。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把corn（玉米）前加个s，想象朝讨厌的人扔玉米，表达轻蔑。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose、critical commentary scorn 作名词时多用于正式场合或文学、评论类文本，表达强烈的轻蔑或鄙视；日常口语中通常用 contempt 或 look down on 这类更通俗的说法。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，常与for连用表示对某人的蔑视。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这组词都以 -orn 结尾，在英式英语中与 scorn /skɒ:n/ 押韵（韵母为 /ɔː/ + /n/）。注意：英式英语里 r 不发音，美式英语则读成 /skɔːrn/ 等。要小心 acorn /ˈeɪkɔːn/，它看起来像 a + corn，但重音在第一个音节，不与 scorn 押韵；score /skɔː/ 少一个 n，也不是 scorn。
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
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