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contemn

/kuhn-tem/US // kənˈtɛm //UK // (kənˈtɛm) //

谴责,声讨,赔偿,争论

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.

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Examples

  • What we seriously object to and actively contemn—yea, bitterly denounce—is the nose of her.

  • We covet superfluous things, when it were more honour for us if we would contemn necessary.

  • To refuse "the reconciliation" is to contemn the death in which the Sinless One was made sin on our behalf.

  • Crafty men contemn studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them.

  • Wherefore we are asked two things—to contemn the Jew and accept the symphony as a manifestation of tremendous genius.