| 释义 |
hold someone/something in contempt
phrase
to feel contempt for someone or something: 对…不屑一顾
I would never hold someone in contempt for making a few mistakes in English.
I think history will hold us in contempt for what we are doing to the planet.
He had always held sport in contempt, preferring intellectual pursuits.
The party has now become tolerable to people who previously held it in contempt.
I hated spending time with them, as it was clear they held me in contempt.
See also
|