the feeling that somebody/something is without value and deserves no respect at all 蔑視；輕蔑；鄙視 - with contempt
She looked at him with contempt. 她輕蔑地看着他。 I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves. 我對那項建議當然會不屑一顧。 - beneath contempt
His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so bad that it is not even worth feeling contempt for). 他對待自己子女的那種行徑爲人所不齒。 - in contempt
Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by ordinary people. 一般百姓似乎普遍看不起從政者。 - contempt for somebody/something
They had shown a contempt for the values she thought important. 他們對她所認爲重要的價值表示蔑視。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1He has a deep contempt for racists. 他對種族主義者極端蔑視。 His remarks betray an utter contempt for the truth. 他不顧事實，滿口胡言。 She looked at him with barely disguised contempt. 她以毫不掩飾的輕蔑眼光看着他。 She'd developed what she considered a healthy contempt for authority. 她養成了蔑視權威的習慣，認爲這是正常合理的。 He did not want to risk the contempt of his fellows. 他不想冒被同伴鄙視的風險。 He felt nothing but contempt for her. 他對她只有蔑視。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
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- great
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- feel
- have
- hold somebody/something in
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- contempt for
- beneath contempt
- with contempt
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- with contempt
- contempt for something
a lack of worry or fear about rules, danger, etc. （對規則、危險等的）藐視，不顧 The firefighters showed a contempt for their own safety. 那些消防隊員已把他們自己的安全置之度外。 His remarks betray a staggering contempt for the truth (= are completely false). 他的話表明他完全無視事情的真相。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- deep
- great
- …
- feel
- have
- hold somebody/something in
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- contempt for
- beneath contempt
- with contempt
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- (also contempt of court)
the crime of refusing to obey an order made by a court; not showing respect for a court or judge 藐視法庭（罪） He could be jailed for two years for contempt. 他由於藐視法庭可能被監禁兩年。 - in contempt
She was held in contempt for refusing to testify. 她因拒絕作證而被判藐視法庭罪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- civil
- criminal
- be held in
- in contempt
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin contemptus, from contemnere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + temnere ‘despise’.
Idioms
familiarity breeds contempt
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knowing somebody/something very well may cause you to lose respect for them/it 過分親密就會有所侮慢