look down on

动词 v.

中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.

To regard or treat as inferior. idiomatic,transitive

— He remembers feeling that people looked down on him, and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus.
To view from a vantage point. transitive

— High up on the viaduct, and approached by a spidery staircase from the street, it looks down on Southwark Cathedral.
To view [people or events on Earth] from the vantage point of the afterlife (originally, Heaven). idiomatic,transitive

— I get a feeling Kurt Cobain is looking down on Nickelback and wondering what alternative rock has become.

词形变化

looks down on present,singular,third-person looking down on participle,present looked down on participle,past looked down on past look down upon alternative