the feeling that somebody/something is without value and deserves no respect at all 蔑视；轻蔑；鄙视 - with contempt
She looked at him with contempt. 她轻蔑地看着他。 I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves. 我对那项建议当然会不屑一顾。 - beneath contempt
His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so bad that it is not even worth feeling contempt for). 他对待自己子女的那种行径为人所不齿。 - in contempt
Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by ordinary people. 一般百姓似乎普遍看不起从政者。 - contempt for somebody/something
They had shown a contempt for the values she thought important. 他们对她所认为重要的价值表示蔑视。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1He has a deep contempt for racists. 他对种族主义者极端蔑视。 His remarks betray an utter contempt for the truth. 他不顾事实，满口胡言。 She looked at him with barely disguised contempt. 她以毫不掩饰的轻蔑眼光看着他。 She'd developed what she considered a healthy contempt for authority. 她养成了蔑视权威的习惯，认为这是正常合理的。 He did not want to risk the contempt of his fellows. 他不想冒被同伴鄙视的风险。 He felt nothing but contempt for her. 他对她只有蔑视。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- deep
- great
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- feel
- have
- hold somebody/something in
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- contempt for
- beneath contempt
- with contempt
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- with contempt
- contempt for something
a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc. （对规则、危险等的）藐视，不顾 The firefighters showed a contempt for their own safety. 那些消防队员已把他们自己的安全置之度外。 His remarks betray a staggering contempt for the truth (= are completely false). 他的话表明他完全无视事情的真相。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- deep
- great
- …
- feel
- have
- hold somebody/something in
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- contempt for
- beneath contempt
- with contempt
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- (also contempt of court)
the crime of refusing to obey an order made by a court; not showing respect for a court or judge 藐视法庭（罪） He could be jailed for two years for contempt. 他由于藐视法庭可能被监禁两年。 - in contempt
She was held in contempt for refusing to testify. 她因拒绝作证而被判藐视法庭罪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- civil
- criminal
- be held in
- in contempt
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin contemptus, from contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere ‘despise’.
Idioms
familiarity breeds contempt
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knowing somebody/something very well may cause you to lose respect for them/it 过分亲密就会有所侮慢