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

• I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me.
  我一无所成，所以他们瞧不起我。
• What irritates me most is the way she seems to look down on me.
  最使我恼怒的是她似乎看不起我。
• 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。
• And to the Chinese, don't look down on us!
  还有，中国人，不要小瞧了我们！
• Also please do not look down on others.
  也请你不要看不起别人。
• 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。
• You really shouldn't look down on people like this.
  你不该这么小看人。
• You look down on everyone, consider them beneath you.
  你轻视别人，认为他们都不如你。
• 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？