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disesteemed

/dis-i-steem/US // ˌdɪs ɪˈstim //UK // (ˌdɪsɪˈstiːm) //

诋毁,厌恶,诋毁的,贬低

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : lack of esteem; disfavor; low regard.

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Examples

  • Through sympathy with their foreign confrères British writers also held him in high disesteem.

  • The way to render human beings of any class despicable is to undervalue them; for disesteem will superinduce degeneracy.

  • This does not save them from disesteem and deprecation, for they fall short under the test of honorific waste.

  • Were I truly humble, I would desire disesteem, even though having in the matter in hand given no real offence.

  • Admiral Digby smiled at his enthusiasm; but he was too good a judge of human nature to disesteem, or even undervalue, enthusiasm.