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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And to the Chinese, don't look down on us!
  还有，中国人，不要小瞧了我们！
• She look down on the office girls she have work with.
  她瞧不起与她共事的女勤杂工。
• You look down on everyone, consider them beneath you.
  你轻视别人，认为他们都不如你。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Don't look down on the role women can play.
  不要瞧不起妇女的作用。