一、详细释义:
v.
鄙视,看不起某人(某事)[T]
例句:
At this moment hope makes me despise their riches, which seem to me contemptible.
现在,希望使我鄙视他们的财富,那笔钱在我看来似乎太不值一提了。
例句:
I despise his refusing to accept responsibility.
他拒不承担责任,我鄙视他。
二、词义辨析:
despise,scorn,look down upon
这些动词或短语动词均表示“轻视,蔑视”之意。 despise指由于卑鄙、软弱,渺小或无价值等而被轻视。 scorn语气较强,指极端的蔑视,常伴有愤怒或恼怒的情感。 look down upon指自视地位优越而蔑视他人或事。
三、参考例句:
I despise guessing games.
我最痛恨猜谜游戏了。
Honest students despise cheating.
诚实的学生鄙视作弊。
No one will despise you unless you despise yourself.
没有人会看不起你,除非你自己看不起自己。
They affected to despise her.
他们假装看不起她。
I despise his refusing to accept responsibility.
他拒不承担责任,我鄙视他。
Honest men despise lies and liars.
诚实的人蔑视谎言和撒谎者。
They fear and despise the masculine.
他们害怕并且鄙视男性化。
Strategically we should despise all our enemies.
在战略上我们一定要藐视一切敌人。
We should not despise our intellectual inferiors.
我们不应轻视智力不如我们的人。
You must not despise a man because he is poor.
你不可因一个人贫穷而鄙视他。