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 wish you wouldn't look down on this kind of work.
  我希望你不要看不起这种工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• From the top of the bus you could look down on people below.
  从公共汽车的顶上，你可以俯视下面的人。
• 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？
• I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me.
  我一无所成，所以他们瞧不起我。
• 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。
• You really shouldn't look down on people like this.
  你不该这么小看人。
• 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 look down on everyone, consider them beneath you.
  你轻视别人，认为他们都不如你。