contemptuous meaning in English
adj.
(表示)轻蔑的；傲慢不恭的。 be contemptuous of 瞧不起。 contemptuous air 傲慢态度。
n.
-ness
Examples
- Wharton gave a contemptuous shrug of the shoulders .
沃顿轻蔑地耸耸肩。 - Stanley's ambition made him contemptuous .
史坦利野心还不小哩，他感到不齿。 - Uncle tom is critical and contemptuous .
汤姆舅舅态度很轻蔑，而且吹毛求疵。 - He threw it away with a contemptuous gesture .
他带着不屑一顾的样子把它扔了。 - He sensed that croft was contemptuous of him .
他看得出克洛夫特是瞧不起他的。