despise

despise读音音标

英 [dɪˈspaɪz]

美 [dɪˈspaɪz]

despise意思解释

vt.

鄙视，看不起；

变形

过去式：despised

过去分词：despised

现在分词：despising

第三人称单数：despises

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. 鄙视，看不起某人〔事〕 feel contempt for sb/sth;consider sb/sth as worthless

英英释义

despise

[ di\'spaiz ]

v.

look down on with disdain

\"He despises the people he has to work for\"

同义词：contemnscorndisdain

同近义词辨析

scorn, look down upon, despise

这组词都有“轻视，蔑视”的意思，其区别是：

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。

despise

指由于卑鄙、软弱，渺小或无价值等而被轻视。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)He claims to despise riches.他宣称蔑视钱财。You must not despise a man because he is poor.你不可因一个人贫穷而轻视他。I despise his refusing to accept responsibility.他拒不承担责任，我鄙视他。It is incorrect to despise woman.轻视妇女是错误的。Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.实践与理论一样重要，但是我们易于珍视后者而轻视前者。