2024年11月16日 星期六

disdainful, short of disdain, makeover. many expressed disdain for the Democratic Party as being out of touch and snobbish, and hoped it would now learn its lesson.



Points of overlap:  Regardless of which candidate you supported, many expressed disdain for the Democratic Party as being out of touch and snobbish, and hoped it would now learn its lesson. Similar criticism was levelled at what was once called the mainstream media (I think that term can be officially ruled out of date after this campaign, mediated as it was by podcasters and other “influencers”). 


Howard Marlowe, president of the American League of Lobbyists, is leading an effort to remake the image of his profession.
Elisa Miller for The New York Times

Tired of Image, Lobbyists Try Makeover

Some of Washington’s leading lobbyists are mounting a concerted push to earn, if not respectability, at least something short of disdain. Above, Howard Marlowe.


disdainful
adj.

Expressive of disdain; scornful and contemptuous. See synonyms at proud.

disdainfully dis·dain'ful·ly adv.
disdainfulness dis·dain'ful·ness n.


形]軽蔑 [侮蔑]的な, 尊大な, (…を)軽視する, 意に介さない((of ...))
a disdainful look
軽 蔑のまなざし
be disdainful of danger
危 険を物ともしない.
dis・dain・ful・ly
[副]
dis・dain・ful・ness
[名]

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