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

• And to the Chinese, don't look down on us!
  还有，中国人，不要小瞧了我们！
• It's a secret window, and it'll look down on a secret garden.
  这是块秘密的窗户，并且从这向下望是块秘密的花园。
• Don't look down on people!
  别小看人！
• The African countries and peoples, having stood up, dare to look down on superpower hegemonism.
  已经站立起来的非洲国家和人民敢于藐视超级大国的霸权主义。
• 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。
• Kate: don't look down on me just because I'm poor!
  凯伊：别因为我穷而看不起我！
• Squirrels and thrushes can only look down on us and smile.
  松鼠和画眉只能对迟钝的我们嗤之以鼻，微微一笑。
• You look down on everyone, consider them beneath you.
  你轻视别人，认为他们都不如你。
• 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。
• You despise and look down on people.
  你瞧不起其他人。