contempt
🇺🇸
/kənˈtempt/
🇬🇧
/kənˈtempt/
noun
C1
The feeling that someone or something has no value and deserves no respect.
Many people feel contempt for those who lie and cheat.
許多人對撒謊和欺騙的人感到鄙視。
R
Not caring about rules, danger, or what might happen.
He showed contempt for the rules by ignoring them completely.
他完全無視規則，表現出對規則的藐視。
R
The crime of not obeying a court order or not showing respect in court.
The judge found him in contempt for yelling in the courtroom.
法官因他在法庭上大喊大叫而裁定他藐視法庭。
translation
蔑視, 藐視, 藐視法庭
詞形變化
Plural
contempts