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disdainful

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·dain·ful /dɪsˈdeɪnfəl/ adjective formal  REJECT/NOT ACCEPTshowing that you do not respect someone or something, because you think that they are not important or good enough 鄙视的,轻视的,藐视的,不屑的 a disdainful look 藐视的眼神disdainful of professors who are disdainful of popular entertainment 对大众娱乐不屑的教授们disdainfully adverb
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disdainfulOne eyebrow is nearly obscured by the angle of her beret; the other is raised, bemused and disdainful.Scholars who know better are cowed, indifferent or, sotto voce, disdainful.He surfed big conditions with disdainful ease, a slightly meretricious casualness.In the morning, I paid my disdainful landlady for the use of my room for the rest of the day.Here was a hero with icy eyes and a disdainful mouth - typically male!The financial world has been disdainful of his economic performance partly because it has concentrated on the interests of the poor.Grandfather was deeply indifferent to the future and disdainful of the successes of his forgotten sons.Such was the wondrous power of this disdainful young man.disdainful ofPorter is disdainful of professors he believes are incompetent or lazy.
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disdainful
disdainful /dɪsˈdeɪnfəl/ adjective formal
showing that you do not respect someone or something, because you think that they are not important or good enough:
    a disdainful look
    disdainful of
    professors who are disdainful of popular entertainment
—disdainfully adverb


dis·dain·fulBrE /dɪsˈdeɪnfl/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈdeɪnfl/ 🔊 adjective~ (of sb/sth) showing disdain 轻视的;鄙视的;倨傲的 SYN contemptuous, dismissive She's always been disdainful of people who haven't been to college. 她总是瞧不起那些没有上过大学的人。🔊🔊 dis·dain·ful·ly BrE /dɪsˈdeɪnfəli/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˈdeɪnfəli/ 🔊 adverb