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 - ‘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》