C2 a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect for someone or something蔑视;鄙视;轻视;轻蔑
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She looked at him with undisguised contempt.
He rewarded their kindness with hostility and contempt.
Both Shelley and Byron had a passionate contempt for cant and hypocrisy.
The boy shows utter contempt for authority and is virtually uncontrollable.
In their senseless killing of innocent people, the terrorists display total contempt for human life.
specialized also contempt of court law behaviour that is illegal because it does not obey or respect the rules of a law court藐视法庭(罪)
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