scornful

英 [ˈskɔːnfl]

美 [ˈskɔːrnfl]

adj.  轻蔑的; 鄙夷的

TOEFL

Collins.1 / BNC.19153 / COCA.21498

牛津词典

adj.

• 轻蔑的；鄙夷的
  showing or feeling scorn
  1. a scornful laugh
     轻蔑的冷笑
  2. He was scornful of such ‘female’ activities as cooking.
     他看不起诸如做饭之类的“女人的”活儿。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 轻蔑的;嘲笑的
  If you arescornful ofsomeone or something, you show contempt for them.
  1. He is deeply scornful of politicians.
     他非常看不起政客。
  2. ...a scornful simile.
     讽喻

英英释义

adj

• expressing extreme contempt
  Synonym:contemptuousdisdainfulinsulting

双语例句

• Doctors are particularly scornful of ear candling.
  医生们对耳烛尤其不屑一顾。
• When I said that this sounded rather nice, he gave me a scornful look.
  当我表示这听起来很不错的时候，他面露鄙夷之色。
• To take a trivial instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie;
  举一个小实例：当我们发现某个人在说谎时，我们是多么的不屑；
• There was no toss as she could give her head that was too proud and scornful for me;
  她对着我把头往后一扭，那神气怎么骄傲自大、瞧不起人，她也不觉得过分。
• About the negative responses of the Rome officials he was coarsely scornful.
  他对罗马的官员那种消极的反应表示露骨的藐视。
• They are openly scornful of the idea of life on other planets.
  他们公开地嘲笑那种在其他行星上存在生命的观点。
• "I've been starved a month and more," she answered, resting on the word as scornful as she could.
  ‘我饿了一个多月了，’她回答。尽力轻蔑地念那个‘饿’字。
• Brad is scornful of European movies.
  布莱德轻视欧洲电影。
• But everyone was scornful to it.
  但每个人都不屑一顾。
• Used to express scornful acknowledgment of the obvious.
  用来表示对很明显的事情的带有嘲讽的确认。