look down on

英 [lʊk daʊn ɒn]

美 [lʊk daʊn ɑːn]

蔑视; 轻视; 小看

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 蔑视；轻视；小看
  Tolook down onsomeone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not true.
  1. I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me.
     我一无所成，所以他们瞧不起我。

英英释义

verb

• regard with contempt
  1. the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest

双语例句

• You really shouldn't look down on people like this.
  你不该这么小看人。
• I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me.
  我一无所成，所以他们瞧不起我。
• We should never look down on manual labor.
  我们决不应该轻视体力劳动。
• And to the Chinese, don't look down on us!
  还有，中国人，不要小瞧了我们！
• Don't look down on others, in fact, you are not much better than they are.
  不要看不起别人，其实你并不比别人强到哪儿去。
• Sarah: I don't.I look down on you because you're cheap!
  赛拉：我没有，我看不起你是因为你吝啬！
• Don't look down on people!
  别小看人！
• You should never condescend or look down on a co-worker.
  你永远也不应该瞧不起或以屈尊的对待同事。
• Don't look down on the role women can play.
  不要瞧不起妇女的作用。
• The way people in the West have started to look down on walking is detectable in the language.
  在西方，人们对走路的轻视在语言中也有迹可循。