contemn

🇬🇧 UK/kәn'tem/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To regard or treat with contempt; to scorn or despise

蔑视;轻视

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
contogether, with
+
temnother
=contemn

Common Collocations

  • 1.contemn authority蔑视权威
  • 2.contemn convention蔑视约定俗成

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He openly contemned the traditional rules and chose to follow his own unconventional path.

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