despise

英 [dɪˈspaɪz]

美 [dɪˈspaɪz]

v.  鄙视; 蔑视; 看不起

过去式：despised　过去分词：despised　第三人称单数：despises　现在分词：despising　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7960 / COCA.9016

牛津词典

verb

• 鄙视；蔑视；看不起
  to dislike and have no respect for sb/sth
  1. She despised gossip in any form.
     她对任何形式的流言飞语都嗤之以鼻。
  2. He despised himself for being so cowardly.
     他为自己如此怯懦而自惭形秽。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 鄙视;藐视;看不起
  If youdespisesomething or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
  1. I can never, ever forgive him. I despise him...
     我永远不会原谅他。我鄙视他。
  2. She secretly despises his work...
     她暗地里瞧不起他的工作。
  3. How I despised myself for my cowardice!
     我是多么鄙视自己的怯懦啊！

英英释义

verb

• look down on with disdain
  1. He despises the people he has to work for
  2. The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
  Synonym:contemnscorndisdain

双语例句

• I should hate and despise myself if I desert the brave fellow in his present extremity.
  假如我抛弃了这位现在处于困境的勇士，我将痛恨和蔑视我自己。
• I tell you I loathe and abhor my husband and I utterly despise him.
  我告诉你，我厌恶、憎恨我的丈夫，我彻底地看不起他！
• She's right to despise me?
  她看不起我，你还说她对？
• I am becoming what I despise.
  我正在成为一个我所鄙弃的人。
• You cannot despise me more than I despise myself.
  你不可能比我更轻视我自己。
• As to you, I despise you.
  至于你，我看不起你。
• How I despised myself for my cowardice!
  我是多么鄙视自己的怯懦啊！
• They hate and despise you.
  他们恨你、鄙视你。
• Strategically we should despise all our enemies, but tactically we should take them all seriously.
  在战略上我们要藐视一切敌人，在战术上我们要重视一切敌人。
• I believe in the power of love and sharing, and despise hatred and monopoly.
  我相信爱和分享的力量，藐视仇恨与唯我独尊。