单词

scorn

读音

skɔːrn

美式

英式

词根

"Scorn" 来自于古法语的 "escarn"，意为嘲笑或讥笑。

释义

n. 轻蔑；嘲笑；藐视的对象 v. 轻蔑；藐视；不屑做 [ 复数 scorns 第三人称单数 scorns 现在分词 scorning 过去式 scorned 过去分词 scorned ]

例句

Researchers greeted the proposal with scorn.

研究者们对这个提议报以轻蔑的态度。

Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn.

别的老师对她的提议不屑一顾。

The man looked at him with scorn.

那人轻蔑地看着他。

强化记忆

这个单词以字母's'开头，就像'sneer'（嘲笑）和'snub'（冷落）一样。你可以把这些具有相似意义的单词放在一起记忆。该词词源可追溯到12世纪的古法语，然后发展为中世纪英语的 "scarn"，后来经过演变最终变为了现在的 "scorn"。

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My friends on Twitter didn't abandon their beliefs or their principles --only their scorn.They channeled their infinitely justifiable offense

no money, and no power in the eyes of the court.Ignoring the jury’s scorn,Truth said she was there to fight for custody of her five-year-old son Peter,

Our job "... is to hold up, as 'twere, a mirror to nature;to show scorn her image,to show virtue her appearance,

It's whispered about.It's met with derision and scorn.We hear these stories, time and time again, on TV, online,

or you're drinking coffee in their diner,and they will come and scorn you,and tell you that they don't want you anywhere near them.

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