He has long been held in cordial contempt by his colleagues: now that contempt was no longer cordial.

长期以来，他的同僚们虽然看不起他，却还是对他有些亲切感；现在，除了看不起之外，亲切感都没有了。

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There was a prima facie case that a contempt of court had been committed.

初步看来，这是一起蔑视法庭的案子。

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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：“我想把‘新闻’定义为‘没有学问的作家’用来对‘有学问的作家’的轻蔑用语。”

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And here, this is from the steps of Montmartre, the basilica--more about that some other time, when I'm in a real frenzy of contempt for the destruction of the Parisian skyline.

这是蒙马特区的台阶,那个大教堂,改天再讲讲这点,我真的强烈鄙视这玩意儿,因为它破坏了巴黎的天空轮廓线

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And,certainly,the way that provincial people--including myself, and we're legally residents of France, and we live in Ardeche and I'm proud of it-- view Parisians is often with that same kind of contempt that the Parisians look at us.

当然,乡下人包括我自己的生活方式,我们是法国的合法居民,我们住在阿尔代什并以此为傲,在看待巴黎人时也会带有某种轻蔑,就好像巴黎人看我们那样

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He added that contempt of court was "not about protecting the sensibilities of the individual judge", rather it was about maintaining public confidence in the administration of justice.

BBC: Justice Committee

The District Court noted that civil contempt is meant to coercive future activity, as opposed to criminal contempt which seeks to punish past bad behavior.

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The contempt that Frank Miller spits out against Occupy Wall Street is very much in the vein of the contempt his Spartans shower at the Athenians.

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