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disdainfully

/dis-deyn-fuh-lee/US // dɪsˈdeɪn fə li //

不屑一顾地,轻蔑地,蔑视地,不屑一顾

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a way that shows contempt or scorn:Once disdainfully regarded as mosquito-infested swamps, wetlands today are appreciated for providing critical wildlife habitat, assisting with water purification, and helping to store water during storms and floods.

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  • Dishes prepared by Child, she snorted disdainfully, were merely good hotel fare, nothing special.

  • The general public used it disdainfully, but it was meaningful.

  • Hannah Arendt complained disdainfully about the "art of being happy ... between dog and cat and flowerpot."

  • In the suit, the preschool classroom was described disdainfully as "just one big playroom."

  • As for Hillary Clinton, once the darling of the pro-Israel community, “she is just an employee,” Foxman says disdainfully.

  • Dazzled by the more lavish gifts, she looked listlessly and disdainfully at bodkins, three for twopence.

  • He took the ten-dollar bank note from his pocket, straightened out the wrinkles and looked at it disdainfully.

  • My father stopped, looked at me disdainfully, and contented himself with saying, "I believe you are mad."

  • She smiled disdainfully, and a few deep wrinkles appeared on her pallid cheeks.

  • Instead they obey the clucking of the mother hen, and "tweet" disdainfully at their haughty sire.