Tra từ disdain - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Communist disdain for the environment made matters worse.
▪ His father noticed them too but regarded them with disdain.
▪ Now the carbon-dioxide snow gleamed white beneath the icy disdain of the stars.
▪ Predictably, the international media circus, with its Olympian disdain for the parochial, has long since moved on.
▪ The most obvious: His expressed concern for the environment and his disdain for technology.
▪ The Shah had sometimes shown disdain for many such people.
▪ They remained aloof from the front row out of disdain and from the back row out of a sense of responsibility.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He disdains New York and the art that is produced there.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Along with his peers on the Board, Stark disdained them.
▪ But such simple fare he knew full well would be disdained.
▪ Even the casual Aranyos did not disdain to make the sign.
▪ From boyhood he disdained an easy life.
▪ I disdained to consult a medical dictionary, however.
▪ I could see her proudly carrying on her head an amphora to a well and disdaining all admirers.
▪ In fact, Roy disdains the cowardice of anyone who plays the easier shot.
▪ Throughout the Mekong delta, local officials who disdained Tu Duc nevertheless quit the provincial administration rather than submit to alien rule.

disdain

I. dis‧dain¹ /dɪsˈdeɪn/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE] formal
a complete lack of respect that you show for someone or something because you think they are not important or good enough
with disdain
　 ▪ She watched me with disdain.
　 ▪ a look of complete disdain
disdain for
　 ▪ his disdain for capitalism

II. disdain² verb formal
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : desdeignier, from deignier; ⇨ deign]
1. [TRANSITIVE]
to have no respect for someone or something, because you think they are not important or good enough:
　 ▪ Childcare was seen as women’s work, and men disdained it.

2. disdain to do something
to refuse to do something because you are too proud to do it:
　 ▪ Butler disdained to reply.