contempt

contempt /kən'tempt/
  • danh từ
    • sự coi khinh, sự coi thường, sự bỉ, sự khinh rẻ, sự khinh miệt
      • he rushed forward in contempt of danger: anh ta xông lên phía trước coi thường cả nguy hiểm
      • to have a contempt for something: coi thường cái gì
      • to show contempt for someone: tỏ vẻ khinh rẻ ai
      • to treat someone with contempt: đối xử ai một cách khinh miệt; coi không ra gì
      • to hold somebody in contempt: coi khinh ai
      • to incur someone's contempt: bị ai khinh rẻ
      • to fall into contempt: bị khinh rẻ, bị khinh miệt
      • to bring someone into contempt: làm cho ai bị khinh miệt
    • (pháp lý) sự xúc phạm; sự không tuân lệnh (quan toà, toà án)
      • contempt of court: sự không tuân lệnh toà; sự xúc phạm quan toà
    • familiarity breeds contempt; too much familiarity breeds contempt
      • (tục ngữ) thân quá hoá nhờn

Xem thêm: disdain, scorn, despite, disrespect, scorn



contempt

Từ điển Collocation

contempt noun

1 lack of respect

ADJ. deep, utter, withering | cold, icy | healthy She'd developed what she considered a healthy contempt for authority. | barely/thinly disguised

VERB + CONTEMPT feel, have, hold sb/sth in He felt nothing but contempt for them. Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by the police. | betray, demonstrate, display, show His remarks betray an utter contempt for the truth (= are completely false). | develop | regard sb/sth with, treat sb/sth with | deserve I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.

PREP. ~ for He has a deep contempt for racists. | beneath ~ His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so bad it is not even worth feeling contempt for). | with ~ She looked at him with barely disguised contempt.

2 (also contempt of court) refusal to obey a court

ADJ. civil, criminal

VERB + CONTEMPT be held in She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.

PREP. in ~


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; disdain, scorn, despite

    he was held in contempt

    the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary

  • a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous; disrespect
  • open disrespect for a person or thing; scorn
  • a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

contempts
ant.: esteem honor respect