disdain
英 [dɪs'deɪn; -z-]
美[dɪs'den]
- n. 蔑视
- vt. 鄙弃
词态变化
复数: disdains;第三人称单数: disdains;过去式: disdained;过去分词: disdained;现在分词: disdaining;
助记提示
1. deign, dignity => disdain.
中文词源
disdain 蔑视
dis-, 不，非，使相反。-dain, 同-dign, 尊贵，词源同dignity, decent.即使不尊贵，蔑视。
英文词源
- disdain
- disdain: [14] Disdain comes via Old French desdeigner from *disdignāre, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēdignāri ‘scorn’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘un-, not’ and dignāre ‘consider worthy’ (source of English deign [13]).
=> dainty, deign, dignity - disdain (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French desdeignier "disdain, scorn, refuse, repudiate," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + deignier "treat as worthy" (see deign). Related: Disdained; disdaining.
- disdain (n.)
- mid-14c., desdegne "scorn, contempt," earlier dedeyne "offended dignity" (c. 1300), from Old French desdeigne, from desdeignier (see disdain (v.)). Sometimes in early Modern English shortened to sdain, sdainful. Related: disdainful; disdainfully.
双语例句
- 1. She shared her daughter's disdain for her fellow countrymen.
- 她和女儿都瞧不起自己的同胞。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Janet looked at him with disdain.
- 珍妮特轻蔑地看着他。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. to treat sb with disdain
- 鄙视某人
来自《权威词典》
- 4. I would certainly disdain to live in such tiny flats.
- 我当然不愿意住在这样小的单元房里.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Some people disdain labour.
- 有些人轻视劳动.
来自《简明英汉词典》