disdainful

英 [dɪsˈdeɪnfl]

美 [dɪsˈdeɪnfl]

adj.  轻视的; 鄙视的; 倨傲的

BNC.21234 / COCA.22437

牛津词典

adj.

• 轻视的；鄙视的；倨傲的
  showing disdain
  1. She's always been disdainful of people who haven't been to college.
     她总是瞧不起那些未念过大学的人。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 轻蔑的;鄙视的
  To bedisdainfulmeans to dislike something or someone because you think they are unimportant or not worth your attention.
  1. He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment...
     他对任何与文学界权威沾边的事都嗤之以鼻。
  2. Edgar cast a disdainful look at his twin.
     埃德加朝他的双胞胎兄弟投去鄙夷的目光。

双语例句

• This was perhaps a somewhat disdainful epitome.
  这句话不免带点蔑视的口气。
• Farmers are often disdainful of local officials they see as members of a parasite elite that siphon off funds meant for villagers and take their farmland for too little compensation.
  农民经常鄙视当地官员，认为这些人是掌权的寄生虫，抽走原本要给农村的资金，导致他们的农田获得的补偿太少。
• He affects the disdainful petulance of a rock star.
  他假装出摇滚明星般倔傲的任性。
• These book sales are an astonishing development for a country once disdainful of contemporary foreign authors.
  对于一个曾经鄙视当代外国作家的国家来说，销售这些书是它惊人的进展。
• The lady dismissed her maid with a disdainful nod.
  贵妇人轻蔑地点一点头，将她的女仆打发走了。
• Economists tend to be disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines.
  经济学家们常常会轻视其他社会学科的同事。
• "Then you must be a fool," then tuna said. And with a disdainful flick of his tail, he swam away.
  那你肯定是个傻瓜，金枪鱼说。然后他轻蔑甩了一下尾巴游走了。
• She made a point of giving a disdainful look to every soldier she met, and crossed to the other side of the street in as insulting a manner as possible, though, she said, this was quite inconvenient in wet weather.
  她特别注意每次碰到大兵都要给他蔑神的脸色，并且走到街道的另一边去，以此来表示最大的蔑视，尽管这样做在雨天是很不方便的。
• But while he loves to play, he is disdainful of a life lived purely to accumulate more chips.
  但是，虽然他好玩，却不屑于过着纯粹累积筹码的生活。
• You, sir, must pretend in this disdainful manner to court me?
  先生，你还要用这样讥笑的态度来假装向我表示爱情？