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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++scorn1 /skɔːn $ skɔːrn/ noun [uncountable]  1 MAKE FUN OFthe feeling that someone or something is stupid or does not deserve respect 鄙视,蔑视,轻视 SYN contemptscorn for He felt scorn for his working-class parents. 他鄙视自己工薪阶层的父母。with scorn Rachel looked at me with scorn. 蕾切尔神情蔑视地看着我。2 pour scorn on somebody/something  (also heap scorn on somebody/something American English) to strongly criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect 对某人/某事物嗤之以鼻[不屑一顾] Labour poured scorn on the Tory claim to be the party of law and order. 保守党自称是重视法治的政党,工党对此嗤之以鼻。
Examples from the Corpus
scornRosie said with that upper lip twisting in scorn.Who stare at us with incredulous scorn.But remember my scorn for the so-called airtight argument!I vacillated between the false potency of scorn and feelings of ineptitude.Wrong to fear fitzAlan's impatience or scorn.But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.scorn forHe could barely disguise his scorn for her.
scorn2 verb [transitive]  1 REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto show that you think that something is stupid, unreasonable, or not worth accepting 鄙视,蔑视;不屑于接受 Many women scorn the use of make-up. 许多女性不屑于使用化妆品。2 to criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect 批评,抨击 He scorned the government’s record in dealing with crime. 他对政府在处理犯罪问题上的表现持批评态度。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
scornThe limits of convention were hers to scorn.Hell hath no fury like a user scorned.Marry as I order you or I brand you as wanton for everyone to scorn.Skinner's ideas were scorned by many American psychologists.Admired by the young and scorned by the old.Many scorned it but rapturous press reviews helped push the record up into the high altitudes of the independent chart.My kids used to scorn my politics as right-wing selfishness.It is too valuable a document of human heartbreak and muddle to be scorned or dismissed.Many young people scorn polite behaviour as insincere.As they undressed and put their worn-out shoes beneath their beds, they again scorned the efforts of the soldier.Where glues are concerned, I, personally, would not scorn to wear both a belt and braces.
Origin scorn1 (1100-1200) Old French escarn
Corpus is the or something or feeling that stupid someone does


scorn
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scorn1 /skɔːn $ skɔːrn/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1100-1200
 Language: Old French
 Origin: escarn
1. the feeling that someone or something is stupid or does not deserve respect
   SYN  contempt
    scorn for
    He felt scorn for his working-class parents.
    with scorn
    Rachel looked at me with scorn.
2. pour scorn on somebody/something (also heap scorn on somebody/something American English) to strongly criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect:
    Labour poured scorn on the Tory claim to be the party of law and order.

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scorn2 verb [transitive]
1. to show that you think that something is stupid, unreasonable, or not worth accepting:
    Many women scorn the use of make-up.
2. to criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect:
    He scorned the government’s record in dealing with crime.


scornBrE /skɔːn/ 🔊NAmE /skɔːrn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a strong feeling that sb/sth is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak 轻蔑;鄙视 SYN contempt Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn. 别的老师对她的提议不屑一顾。🔊🔊~ for sb/sth They had nothing but scorn for his political views. 他们对他的政治观点只有鄙夷。🔊🔊pour/heap ˈscorn on sb/sthto speak about sb/sth in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them 嗤之以鼻;不屑一顾
scornBrE /skɔːn/ 🔊NAmE /skɔːrn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they scorn BrE /skɔːn/ 🔊 NAmE /skɔːrn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it scorns BrE /skɔːnz/ 🔊 NAmE /skɔːrnz/ 🔊past simple scorned BrE /skɔːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /skɔːrnd/ 🔊past participle scorned BrE /skɔːnd/ 🔊 NAmE /skɔːrnd/ 🔊 -ing form scorning BrE /ˈskɔːnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskɔːrnɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to feel or show that you think sb/sth is stupid and you do not respect them or it 轻蔑;鄙视 SYN dismiss She scorned their views as old-fashioned. 她对他们的观点嗤之以鼻,认为陈腐过时。🔊🔊(formal) to refuse to have or do sth because you are too proud 不屑于(接受或做);轻蔑地拒绝~ sth to scorn an invitation轻蔑地回绝邀请~ to do sth She would have scorned to stoop to such tactics. 她原本不屑于下作到使用那样的伎俩。🔊🔊hell hath no ˈfury (like a woman ˈscorned)used to refer to sb, usually a woman, who has reacted very angrily to sth, especially the fact that her husband or lover has been unfaithful (尤指女人因丈夫或情人不忠而)大发雷霆;醋劲大发