scornful

英 [ˈskɔːnfl]

美 [ˈskɔːrnfl]

adj.  轻蔑的; 鄙夷的

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.19153 / COCA.21498

牛津词典

adj.

• 轻蔑的；鄙夷的
  showing or feeling scorn
  1. a scornful laugh
     轻蔑的冷笑
  2. He was scornful of such ‘female’ activities as cooking.
     他看不起诸如做饭之类的“女人的”活儿。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 轻蔑的;嘲笑的
  If you arescornful ofsomeone or something, you show contempt for them.
  1. He is deeply scornful of politicians.
     他非常看不起政客。
  2. ...a scornful simile.
     讽喻

英英释义

adj

• expressing extreme contempt
  Synonym:contemptuousdisdainfulinsulting

双语例句

• He is scornful of honors.
  他对荣誉看得很轻[对争名之事不屑一顾]。
• He felt humiliated by her scornful remarks.
  他听到她那些嘲讽的话而感到屈辱。
• Glancing at her scornful, he told her that the dress was sold.
  轻蔑地看了她一眼后，便告诉她那件衣服已经卖出去了。
• Doctors are particularly scornful of ear candling.
  医生们对耳烛尤其不屑一顾。
• To take a trivial instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie;
  举一个小实例：当我们发现某个人在说谎时，我们是多么的不屑；
• She withered him with a scornful look.
  她轻蔑的一瞥使他感到羞惭。
• He took a scornful glance at me when he left my room.
  当他离开我的房间时，他轻蔑的看了我一眼。
• The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the ordors that lie on the track of truth.
  真理的气息。轻蔑的鼻孔和傲慢的脑袋不能聚集真理之路上的气息。
• Then his face grew bitterly scornful.
  接着，他的面容一变而为鄙夷不屑的样子。
• When I said that this sounded rather nice, he gave me a scornful look.
  当我表示这听起来很不错的时候，他面露鄙夷之色。