transcription, транскрипция: [ kəntempt ]
1.
If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
He has contempt for those beyond his immediate family circle...
I hope voters will treat his advice with the contempt it deserves.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N for n
2.
If you hold someone or something in contempt , you feel contempt for them.
Small wonder that many voters hold their politicians in contempt.
familiarity breeds contempt: see familiarity
PHRASE : V inflects