Now there was no other to court him, and so he despised the love.

现在没有别的人追求他了，所以他就瞧不起爱情。

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He despised himself for being so cowardly.

他为自己如此怯懦而自惭形秽。

《牛津词典》

He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held.

他瞧不起威廉·皮特，尽管他们俩所持有的观点相似。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He despised the whole Soviet apparat in part because its minions prevented him from associating with ordinary Russians when he was stationed in Moscow.

NEWYORKER: Getting Real

After lobbying a visitor to his Oxford college too brusquely, he was eased out and took a job at another university which he despised.

ECONOMIST: Russia

He despised it as a cowardly way to fight a war.

FORBES: Woody and the Dow