contempt
US: /kənˈtɛmpt/
UK: /kəntˈɛmpt/
UK: /kəntˈɛmpt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
contempt /kən'tempt/
- danh từ
- sự coi khinh, sự coi thường, sự bỉ, sự khinh rẻ, sự khinh miệt
- he rushed forward in contempt of danger: anh ta xông lên phía trước coi thường cả nguy hiểm
- to have a contempt for something: coi thường cái gì
- to show contempt for someone: tỏ vẻ khinh rẻ ai
- to treat someone with contempt: đối xử ai một cách khinh miệt; coi không ra gì
- to hold somebody in contempt: coi khinh ai
- to incur someone's contempt: bị ai khinh rẻ
- to fall into contempt: bị khinh rẻ, bị khinh miệt
- to bring someone into contempt: làm cho ai bị khinh miệt
- (pháp lý) sự xúc phạm; sự không tuân lệnh (quan toà, toà án)
- contempt of court: sự không tuân lệnh toà; sự xúc phạm quan toà
- familiarity breeds contempt; too much familiarity breeds contempt
- (tục ngữ) thân quá hoá nhờn
- sự coi khinh, sự coi thường, sự bỉ, sự khinh rẻ, sự khinh miệt
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U, sing.]
1 ~ (for sb/sth) the feeling that sb/sth is without value and deserves no respect at all: She looked at him with contempt. + I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves. + His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so unacceptable that it is not even worth feeling contempt for). + Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by the police. + They had shown a contempt for the values she thought important.
2 ~ for sth a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc: The firefighters showed a contempt for their own safety. + His remarks betray a staggering contempt for the truth (= are completely false).
3 = CONTEMPT OF COURT: He could be jailed for two years for contempt. + She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
Idioms see FAMILIARITY
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
loathing, abhorrence, hatred, odium, hate; scorn, disdain, contumely, disgust:
She has nothing but contempt for cowards.
Collocation dictionary
1 lack of respect
ADJ.
deep, utter, withering | cold, icy | healthy
She'd developed what she considered a healthy contempt for authority.
| barely/thinly disguised
VERB + CONTEMPT
feel, have, hold sb/sth in
He felt nothing but contempt for them. Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by the police.
| betray, demonstrate, display, show
His remarks betray an utter contempt for the truth (= are completely false).
| develop | regard sb/sth with, treat sb/sth with | deserve
I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.
PREP.
~ for
He has a deep contempt for racists.
| beneath ~
His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so bad it is not even worth feeling contempt for).
| with ~
She looked at him with barely disguised contempt.
2 (also contempt of court) refusal to obey a court
ADJ.
civil, criminal
VERB + CONTEMPT
be held in
She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.
PREP.
in ~
Concise English dictionary
contemptskən'tempt
noun
+lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
+a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
+open disrespect for a person or thing
+a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
