Not deserving any respect at all — so low, mean, or shameful that people are right to look down on it. You can call an action contemptible, or a person, or a cheap trick.

Not deserving any respect at all完全不值得任何尊重 so low, mean, or shameful that people are right to look down on it低劣、卑鄙或可恥到大家看不起它是應該的 You can call an action contemptible, or a person, or a cheap trick你可以說一個行為contemptible，也可以說一個人，或一個卑鄙的手段

It is a strong, rather formal word, a little old-fashioned in daily speech. People more often say that's so low, that's shameful, or that's disgusting.

It is a strong, rather formal word, a little old-fashioned in daily speech這是一個語氣很重、相當正式的字，在日常口語裡有點老派 People more often say that's so low, that's shameful, or that's disgusting大家更常說that's so low、that's shameful或that's disgusting

Though actually it names the thing that should be looked down on. That is the other direction from contemptuous, which names the look or voice of the person who is doing the looking-down. A contemptible lie; a contemptuous smile.

Though actually it names the thing that should be looked down on不過其實它指的是那個應該被看不起的東西本身 That is the other direction from contemptuous, which names the look or voice of the person who is doing the looking-down這剛好跟contemptuous方向相反，contemptuous指的是那個看不起別人的人臉上或語氣裡的神情 A contemptible lie; a contemptuous smile像是a contemptible lie（一個可鄙的謊言）；a contemptuous smile（一個帶著輕蔑的微笑）

You meet contemptible in writing and in moral judgment more than in light conversation.

You meet contemptible in writing and in moral judgment你會在寫作和道德評斷裡遇到contemptible more than in light conversation比在輕鬆聊天裡更常見