look down on 详细解释

look down on

俯视, 看不起, 蔑视

轻视

We should not look down on manual labor.

我们不应该轻视体力劳动。

词义辨析

反义:

轻视

look up to  

英英释义

动词 look down on:

regard with contempt

补充

look down onlook down on1.俯瞰(某处)The church stands on a hill, looking down on the village.教堂位于一座小山上, 俯瞰着村子。2.看不起(某人)The rich man looked down on his poorer neighbors.那个有钱人看不起比他穷的邻居们。Women were looked down on in the old days.旧社会妇女是被轻视的。

例句

1. I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me.我一无所成, 所以他们瞧不起我。 2. The house looks down on the river.这座房子俯瞰那条河。 3. The family was looked down on for being different.这家人与众不同,因此被人看不起。 4. The other children looked down on me because my parents were poor.别的孩子因为我父母很穷而看不起我。