n (1)(轻、蔑、藐、鄙)视(open contempt for a person or thing)[U][N (for)]：look at/eye/treat/regard sb with～轻蔑地看着/打量/对待/看待某人;hold sb/sth up to～瞧不起某人/某事;Her～wounded me deeply. 她的蔑视深深地刺伤了我。Their eyes were full of～. 他们的眼里充满了轻蔑的目光。His cowardly behaviour filled her with～.(She was filled with～for his cowardly behaviour.)她非常瞧不起他的胆怯行为。have (feel)～for sb's suggestion/those who cheat 蔑视某人的建议/那些欺骗者;〖同〗 contempt，slight;〖反〗 respect，affection;

(2)轻(蔑、藐、鄙)视的对象(object of contempt)[U，the～][N (of)]：The child was the～of the class/his classmates/the other boys. 那个孩子是全班/他的同学们/其他男孩子们嘲弄的对象。

→′scornful adj 轻蔑的;′scornfully adv 轻蔑地;

vt(1)鄙视，看不起(treat with contempt)[T+n]：～a poor girl/the liars 看不起穷姑娘/鄙视撒谎者;～clothes and jewellery 对服装和珠宝不屑一顾;〖同〗 look down on;〖反〗 look up to，admire;

(2)因鄙视不接受(reject or refuse because of contempt)[T+n]：～sb's suggestion/sb's advice/sb's help/sb's invitation轻蔑地驳回某人的建议/劝告/帮助/邀请;〖同〗refuse，reject;〖同〗 accept;

(3)不屑于(consider an action unworthy of oneself)[T+ing，T+to-inf](fml)：～to ask for help/to beg/to take a bribe/to answer their insults 不屑于求助/乞讨/受贿/搭理他们的侮辱;～begging/asking for help/lying 不屑于乞讨/求助/撒谎;

【辨异】scorn与contempt的区别见CONTEMPT。