今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 contempt.
contempt 的意思是藐視,不尊敬,常見用法是in contempt of。 House Democrats are threatening to hold key Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over information or to testify about their actions. 眾議院民主黨人威脅說,將對不提供信息或為其行為作證的特朗普政府重要官員控以藐視國會罪名。
In 2012, the Republican-led House of Representatives held then Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for failing to turn over documents related to a gun-trafficking scandal. 2012年,共和黨人領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的眾議院判定當(dāng)時的司法部長霍爾德蔑視國會,原因是他沒有提交與一個槍支走私丑聞相關(guān)的文件。