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

• "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。
• He is deeply scornful of politicians.
  他非常看不起政客。
• When foreign executives speak of their American counterparts, they are apt to be more scornful than awestruck.
  当国外的经理们谈到他们的美国同行时，往往是轻蔑多于敬畏。
• Glancing at her scornful, he told her that the dress was sold.
  轻蔑地看了她一眼后，便告诉她那件衣服已经卖出去了。
• She is openly scornful of the idea that girls are in any way weaker than men.
  对于女孩总不如男子这一观点，她公开表示蔑视。
• He felt humiliated by her scornful remarks.
  他听到她那些嘲讽的话而感到屈辱。
• 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。
• Brad is scornful of European movies.
  布莱德轻视欧洲电影。
• He stood there looking both handsome and brave and he made his face scornful.
  他站在那里显出既漂亮又勇敢的样子，脸上还摆出一副瞧不起人的神气。
• She withered him with a scornful look.
  她轻蔑的一瞥使他感到羞惭。