dismissive

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dis·miss·ive /dɪsˈmɪsɪv/ adjectiveadj

REJECT/NOT ACCEPTrefusing to consider someone or something seriously 不加考虑的，轻蔑的，鄙视的

dismissive of

Some historians have been dismissive of this argument.

一些历史学家对这个论点不屑一顾。

dismissive gesture/wave/shrug etc

Cath spread both hands in a dismissive gesture.

凯思摊开双手做了个轻蔑的手势。

—dismissively adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

dismissive• Even Marxist critics are generally dismissive.• The general weakness in recruitment planning is not helped by such a dismissive attitude to training for administrative functions by clubs.• Collins has been criticized for her dismissive attitude toward the investigations.• She makes a small, dismissive, explosion with her lips, like a gentle fart.• A dismissive gesture but to Ruth one he didn't relish doing very much.• It's so weak, so dismissive, like the girl's body was a cupcake and you took a nibble.• According to one report, Vincent was as dismissive of academic study as he had been in Amsterdam.• Some of those who are dismissive of food intolerance, see hyperventilation as a widespread cause of vague, multiple symptoms.• Teenagers who have jobs can be quite dismissive of their peers who don't.• Pentecostals have endured more than their share of dismissive scholarship, condescending analysis, and popular disdain.• She was very dismissive when I tried to tell her about my problems at work.

dismissive gesture/wave/shrug etc• Weinbaum said with a dismissive wave.• A dismissive gesture but to Ruth one he didn't relish doing very much.

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