词组 | look down on |
释义 | look down on 1. look down on sb to think you are better than someone else, for example because you are more successful, or of a higher social class than they are: ▪ People tend to look down on housewives these days and think they should have careers. ▪ Adam always felt that we looked down on him because he hadn't been to university. 2. look down on sth to think that something is not very good because it is of poor quality, or has nothing interesting in it. Use this when you disagree with people who think in this way: ▪ Some people look down on Marlow, but it's actually quite a nice place to live. ▪ Romantic novels are generally looked down on by serious literary scholars. |
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