★ disdain（v）feeling that sb is not good enough 鄙视、轻视，蔑视
Treat other people’s idea with desdain。
蔑视别人的意见
He curled his lips in disdain.
他轻蔑地撇了撇嘴唇。
The receptionist looked at me with disdain when I walked into Suffolk College asking to enrol.
当我走进萨克福大学，要求报读时，接待员用轻蔑的眼神看着我。
Toads pursuit of swans, swan disdain said: If I as long as you die!
癞蛤蟆追求天鹅，天鹅不屑地说：我要是长成你这样早去死了！
★ despise（vt） ～ sb/sth for sth 鄙视、藐视、看不起
Strike－breakers are often despised by their workmates。
破坏罢工的人常为同事所不齿。
As to you, I despise you.
至于你，我看不起你。
Strategically we should despise all our enemies, but tactically we should take them all seriously.
在战略上我们要藐视一切敌人，在战术上我们要重视一切敌人。
I despise you, and will have nothing to say to any of you!
我看不起你们，对你们任何一个人我都没话可说！