contempt考研四级六级 /kәn'tempt/

So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism," Newman wrote, "that I am tempted to define 'journalism' as 'a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are'.

纽曼写道："如此之少的作者拥有足够的头脑或文学天赋来在新闻业中维持自己的地位，以至于我忍不住想把‘新闻业’定义为‘由不被阅读的作家用来蔑视那些被阅读的作家的术语’。

contempt.

蔑视。