scorn

scorn
noun
  1. [mass noun]the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt
    鄙视，蔑视
    I do not wish to become the object of scorn.
    我不希望成为鄙视的对象。
    [in sing.]a general scorn for human life.
    对人生的全面嘲弄。
    ■[in sing.](archaic)a person viewed with such feeling
    (古)被鄙视的人
    a scandal and a scorn to all who look on thee.
    人们都会把你看成有丑行、该鄙夷的人。
    ■[count noun](archaic)a statement or gesture indicating such feeling
    (古)鄙视的话；鄙视动作
verb
  1. [with obj.]feel or express contempt or derision for
    鄙视；嘲笑
    the minister scorned Labour's attempt to woo voters.
    部长嘲笑了工党的拉票行为。
    ■reject (something) in a contemptuous way
    轻蔑地拒绝；弃绝
    a letter scorning his offer of intimacy.
    一封回绝他的求爱的信。
    ■[no obj., with infinitive]refuse to do something because one is too proud
    不屑于做
    at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics.
    在她最无助的时候，她也不屑于屈尊采用这样一些策略。
常用词组
pour scorn on
  1. speak with contempt or mockery of
    鄙视；讥讽
think scorn of
  1. (Brit. archaic)view with contempt
    (英，古)鄙视
派生
scorner
noun
  1. (rare)(罕).)
语源
  1. Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin
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