look down on

verb

1. regard with contempt

e.g. the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest

1. 蔑视；轻视；小看
To look down on someone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not true.

e.g. I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me.
我一无所成，所以他们瞧不起我。

1. 看不起,轻视：look back 回顾,回头看 | look down on 看不起,轻视 | look for 寻找,寻求

2. 蔑视,看不起：look back 回顾;回想;停止不前 . | look down on 蔑视,看不起 . | look for 寻找,寻求;指望 .

3. look down on的近义词

3. 轻视：live sth. down 对...耿耿于怀 | look down on 轻视 | look forward to 期待

4. 看不起：63、就业前景 employment prospect | 64、看不起 look down on | 65、落在后面 lag behind