contempt 音标拼音: [kənt'ɛmpt]
n .
v . 鄙视,轻视,蔑视
鄙视,轻视,蔑视
contempt n 1 :
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike ; "
he was held in contempt "; "
the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary " [
synonym : {
contempt },
{
disdain }, {
scorn }, {
despite }]
2 :
a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous [
synonym : {
contempt }, {
disrespect }]
3 :
open disrespect for a person or thing [
synonym : {
contempt },
{
scorn }]
4 :
a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body Contempt \
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contemnere :
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contempt .
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1 .
The act of contemning or despising ;
the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean ,
vile ,
or worthless ;
disdain ;
scorn .
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Criminal contempt of public feeling . --
Macaulay .
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Nothing ,
says Longinus ,
can be great ,
the contempt of which is great . --
Addison .
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2 .
The state of being despised ;
disgrace ;
shame .
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Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back . --
Shak .
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3 .
An act or expression denoting contempt .
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Little insults and contempts . --
Spectator .
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The contempt and anger of his lip . --
Shak .
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4 . (
Law )
Disobedience of the rules ,
orders ,
or process of a court of justice ,
or of rules or orders of a legislative body ;
disorderly ,
contemptuous ,
or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court ,
tending to disturb its proceedings ,
or impair the respect due to its authority .
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Note :
Contempt is in some jurisdictions extended so as to include publications reflecting injuriously on a court of justice ,
or commenting unfairly on pending proceedings ;
in other jurisdictions the courts are prohibited by statute or by the constitution from thus exercising this process .
Syn :
Disdain ;
scorn ;
derision ;
mockery ;
contumely ;
neglect ;
disregard ;
slight .
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126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
contempt ":
abhorrence ,
abjuration ,
abjurement ,
affront ,
antipathy ,
arrogance ,
aspersion ,
atrocity ,
audacity ,
aversion ,
bold front ,
boldness ,
brash bearing ,
brashness ,
brassiness ,
bravado ,
brazenfacedness ,
brazenness ,
brickbat ,
bumptiousness ,
cheekiness ,
chucking ,
chucking out ,
cockiness ,
contemptuousness ,
contradiction ,
contumacy ,
contumely ,
cut ,
daring ,
daringness ,
declination ,
declining ,
defial ,
defiance ,
defying ,
denial ,
denigration ,
deprecation ,
depreciation ,
derision ,
despisal ,
despising ,
despite ,
disapproval ,
discard ,
disclamation ,
discommendation ,
discounting ,
discredit ,
disdain ,
disesteem ,
disfavor ,
disgust ,
dishonor ,
dismissal ,
disownment ,
disparagement ,
dispraise ,
disregard ,
disrepute ,
disrespectfulness ,
distaste ,
disvaluation ,
dump ,
enormity ,
exception ,
exclusion ,
face of brass ,
flippancy ,
flout ,
flouting ,
freshness ,
gibe ,
hate ,
hatred ,
humiliation ,
ignominy ,
ignoring ,
impertinence ,
impudence ,
indignity ,
infamy ,
injury ,
insolence ,
insult ,
jeer ,
jeering ,
loathing ,
mock ,
mockery ,
nonacceptance ,
nonapproval ,
nonconsideration ,
odium ,
offense ,
opprobrium ,
outrage ,
passing by ,
pertness ,
put -
down ,
putting away ,
putting out ,
rebuff ,
recalcitrance ,
recantation ,
refusal ,
rejection ,
renouncement ,
repudiation ,
repugnance ,
repulse ,
ridicule ,
rudeness ,
sauciness ,
scoff ,
scorn ,
scouting ,
scurrility ,
shame ,
spurning ,
stubbornness ,
taunt ,
throwing out ,
turning out ,
uncomplimentary remark CONTEMPT ,
crim .
law .
A willful disregard or disobedience of a public authority .
2 .
By the Constitution of the United States ,
each house of congress may determine the rules of its proceeding '
s ,
punish its members for disorderly behaviour ,
and ,
with the concurrence of two -
thirds ,
expel a member .
The same provision is substantially contained in the constitutions of the several states .
3 .
The power to make rules carries that of enforcing them ,
and to attach persons who violate them ,
and punish them for contempts .
This power of punishing for contempts ,
is confined to punishment during the session of the legislature ,
and cannot extend beyond it ;
6 Wheat .
R .
204 ,
230 ,
231 and ,
it seems this power cannot be exerted beyond imprisonment .
4 .
Courts of justice have an inherent power to punish all persons for contempt of their rules and orders ,
for disobedience of their process ,
and for disturbing them in their proceedings .
Bac .
Ab .
Courts and their jurisdiction in general ,
E ;
Rolle '
s Ab .
219 ;
8 Co .
38 11 Co .
43 b .;
8 Shepl .
550 ;
5 Ired .
R .
199 .
5 .
In some states ,
as in Pennsylvania ,
the power to punish for contempts is restricted to offences committed by the officers of the court ,
or in its presence ,
or in disobedience of its mandates ,
orders ,
or rules ;
but no one is guilty of a contempt for any publication made or act done out of court ,
which is not in violation of such lawful rules or orders ,
or disobedience of its process .
Similar provisions ,
limiting the power of the courts of the United States to punish for contempts ,
are incorporated in the Act March 2 ,
1831 .
4 Sharsw .
cont .
of Stor .
L .
U .
S .
2256 .
See Oswald '
s Case ,
4 Lloyd '
s Debates ,
141 ,.
et seq .
6 .
When a person is in prison for a contempt ,
it has been decided in New York that he cannot be discharged by another judge ,
when brought before him on a habeas corpus ;
and ,
according to Chancellor Kent ,
3 Com .
27 ,
it belongs exclusively to the court offended to judge of contempts ,
and what amounts to them ;
and no other court or judge can ,
or ought to undertake ,
in a collateral way ,
to question or review an adjudication of a contempt made by another competent jurisdiction .
This way be considered as the established doctrine equally in England as in this country .
3 Wils .
188 14 East ,
R .
12 Bay ,
R .
182 6 Wheat .
R .
204 7 Wheat .
R .
38 ;
1 Breese ,
R .
266 1 J .
J .
Marsh .
575 ;
Charlt .
R .
136 ;
1 Blackf .
1669 Johns .
395 6 John .
337 .
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