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

• Don't look down on people!
  别小看人！
• 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。
• Kate: don't look down on me just because I'm poor!
  凯伊：别因为我穷而看不起我！
• You really shouldn't look down on people like this.
  你不该这么小看人。
• We should never look down on manual labor.
  我们决不应该轻视体力劳动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sarah: I don't.I look down on you because you're cheap!
  赛拉：我没有，我看不起你是因为你吝啬！
• That people look down on you, and then you behave like a peasant.
  别人看不起你，你就做的更象个乡下人。