a strong feeling that somebody/something is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak 轻蔑；鄙视 Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn. 别的老师对她的提议不屑一顾。 She was unable to hide the scorn in her voice. 她的声音中有掩饰不住的轻蔑。 - scorn for somebody/something
They had nothing but scorn for his political views. 他们对他的政治观点只有鄙夷。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2He has suffered public scorn and humiliation. 他在大庭广众之下遭到了蔑视和羞辱。 He reserved particular scorn for the director. 他对那位主任尤为不屑。 He stared with scorn at his interviewers. 他有些轻蔑地盯着面试官们。 His poetry was the object of scorn. 他的诗歌成了人们嘲笑的对象。 She expressed her scorn for the rules. 她表达了对那些规定的蔑视。 She reserved her most withering scorn for journalists. 她最瞧不起的就是记者了。 What have I done to deserve such scorn? 我做了什么让你这么瞧不起？ Young people may risk the scorn of their peers if they join such a club. 如果年轻人加入这样的俱乐部，他们可能会受到同龄人的嘲笑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- withering
- public
- heap
- pour
- reserve
- …
- with scorn
- scorn for
- an object of scorn
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin.
Idioms
pour/heap scorn on somebody/something
to speak about somebody/something in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them 嗤之以鼻；不屑一顾 Opposition politicians poured scorn on the proposals. 反对派政界人士对这些提议嗤之以鼻。