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

• At first, let me look down on country cousin, actually there are so many advantages and should I learn, I am ashamed.
  起初让我瞧不起的乡下表姐，居然有这么多的优点和值得我学习的地方，我很惭愧。
• He put his hand on the post behind her so that he had her fenced in and could look down on her.
  他把手放在她身后的柱子上，这样就把她围在当中，可以低头看她了。
• 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。
• Graduates may look down on these people, but who is getting the jobs?
  毕业生们可能看不起这些人，但是究竟谁能得到工作呢？
• So they like to have someone to look down on.
  所以通常会和一些低层人的比较。
• Don't look down on the role women can play.
  不要瞧不起妇女的作用。
• You really shouldn't look down on people like this.
  你不该这么小看人。
• As a Han Chinese, I look down on them.
  作为一个汉人，我看不起他们。
• Take a step forward, or you can't look down on his grave.
  向前走一步，否则你无法往下看到他的坟墓。
• 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。