disdain to do something formal REFUSEto refuse to do something because you are too proud to do it 不屑于做某事 Butler disdained to reply. 巴特勒不屑回答。
disdain to do something• I disdained to consult a medical dictionary, however.• Even the casual Aranyos did not disdain to make the sign.• Tom Butler disdained to reply to such a trivial question.• Even the trendiest of today's celebrity chefs does not disdain to slosh it around.• Bach himself did not disdain to transcribe Vivaldi concertos for organ or harpsichord and to borrow fugue-subjects from Legrenzi and Corelli.
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