contemn
发音
英 [kən'tem]
美 [kən'tem]
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- vt.
- 侮辱，蔑视
单词词源
contemn 蔑视
con-, 强调。-tem，砍，切，词源同tome, anatomy. 即被切掉的无用部分，不屑一顾的。
双语例句
- 1. I contemn the people who treat children so cruelly .
- 我蔑视如此虐待孩子的人。
- 2. Crafty men contemn studies ; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them .
- 狡猾者轻视学问;无知者崇拜学问;聪明人利用学问.
- 3. It is a brave act of valor to contemn death ; but where life is more terrible than death , it is then the truest valor to dare to live .
- 蔑视死亡是一种英勇的行为，但是当活着比死亡更加可怕的时候，那么敢于生活下去才是至高无上的勇气。
- 4. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn god ? He hath said in his heart , thou wilt not require it .
- 恶人为何轻慢神，心里说，你必不追究。
- 5. It is a audacious act of valour to contemn death ; but where life is more atrocious than death , it is then the truest valour to dare to alive .
- 蔑视死亡是一种英勇的行为，但是当活着比死亡更加可怕的时候，那么敢于生活下去才是。