Disdainful
[dɪs'deɪnfʊl;-f(ə)l;-z-] or [dɪs'denfl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; 'some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines'; 'haughty aristocrats'; 'his lordly manners were offensive'; 'walked with a prideful swagger'; 'very sniffy about breaches of etiquette'; 'his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air'; 'a more swaggering mood than usual'- W.L.Shirer .
博妮塔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. Scornful, contemptuous, supercilious, contumelious, haughty, cavalier.
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同義詞及反義詞：
[See DISDAIN]
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例句/造句/用法:
- My Lady, with a disdainful gesture of the hand that holds the screen, assures him of his being worth no complaint from her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- And Jo gave a disdainful shrug as the rest laughed at Laurie's matter-of-fact tone. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He makes a feint of offering a protest, but she sweeps it away with her disdainful hand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He replied to it by a disdainful silence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I have already assured you of my fidelity, said Raymond with disdainful coldness, triple assertions will avail nothing where one is despised. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Tovarich Marty, said Karkov in his politely disdainful lisping voice and smiled, showing his bad teeth. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Mr Lammle rose with an impudent laugh on his side of the table, and Mrs Lammle rose with a disdainful frown on hers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This name, applied at such a moment by my angel's mother, instilled into me more respect than I had ever before felt for this disdainful lady. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I repeated, with disdainful emphasis. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He is not disdainful of the study of the lower animals, but invites us to investigate all forms in the expectancy of discovering something natural and beautiful. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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