scorn someone/something
She scorned their offer of help.
她不屑于接受他们的帮助。
轻视，蔑视
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轻视，蔑视
look down on with disdain
一般现在时
She scorns those who lie.
她轻视那些撒谎的人。
一般过去时
He scorned the offer.
他轻蔑地拒绝了这个提议。
现在进行时
They are scorning the rules.
他们正在蔑视规则。
这是一个规则动词，过去式和过去分词都是 'scorned'。
She scorned his suggestion, calling it impractical and naive.
她鄙视他的建议，称其不切实际且幼稚。
用法提示：这里 scorned 表示因鄙视而拒绝批评，使用了过去式。
He scorned the offer of assistance from his rival.
他蔑视对手提供的帮助。
用法提示：scorned 表示轻蔑地拒绝，体现那种不屑的态度。
The activists scorned the unjust regulations and openly defied them.
活动家们蔑视不公正的规定，公开违抗它们。
用法提示：scorned 表示对某事物的极度轻视，并拒绝遵守。
She scorned their offer of help.
她不屑于接受他们的帮助。
此结构较正式，表示因轻蔑而拒绝做某事。
He scorned to reply to the insult.
他不屑于回应那侮辱。
The proposal was scorned by the committee.
该提议遭到了委员会的蔑视。
scorned 表示轻蔑，scored 表示取得分数，二者发音相近但含义完全不同。
scorned 表示轻视，scoured 表示用力擦洗，两者拼写发音相似但意思迥异。
scorned 与 disdained 都表示鄙视，但 disdained 更强调高傲地拒绝，而 scorned 还可指不屑于做某事。
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