disdain

英 [dɪs'deɪn; -z-] 美 [dɪs'den]
  • n. 蔑视
  • vt. 鄙弃
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1. deign, dignity => disdain.
disdain 蔑视

dis-, 不,非,使相反。-dain, 同-dign, 尊贵,词源同dignity, decent.即使不尊贵,蔑视。

disdain
disdain: [14] Disdain comes via Old French desdeigner from *disdignāre, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēdignāri ‘scorn’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix - ‘un-, not’ and dignāre ‘consider worthy’ (source of English deign [13]).
=> dainty, deign, dignity
disdain (v.)
late 14c., from Old French desdeignier "disdain, scorn, refuse, repudiate," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + deignier "treat as worthy" (see deign). Related: Disdained; disdaining.
disdain (n.)
mid-14c., desdegne "scorn, contempt," earlier dedeyne "offended dignity" (c. 1300), from Old French desdeigne, from desdeignier (see disdain (v.)). Sometimes in early Modern English shortened to sdain, sdainful. Related: disdainful; disdainfully.
1. She shared her daughter's disdain for her fellow countrymen.
她和女儿都瞧不起自己的同胞。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Janet looked at him with disdain.
珍妮特轻蔑地看着他。

来自柯林斯例句

3. to treat sb with disdain
鄙视某人

来自《权威词典》

4. I would certainly disdain to live in such tiny flats.
我当然不愿意住在这样小的单元房里.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Some people disdain labour.
有些人轻视劳动.

来自《简明英汉词典》