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标题: Familiarity breeds contempt [打印本页]

作者: x-ace    时间: 2009-11-21 14:57     标题: Familiarity breeds contempt

Familiarity breeds contempt. 熟悉易生轻侮。
  Familiarity是形容词familiar的名词形式,表示熟悉;通晓。Familiarity with standard pronunciation对标准发音的通晓。
  Breed, to cause a particular feeling or condition,酿起;惹起;产生;是…的来源。
  Contempt, a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect,轻视;轻蔑。Show contempt for something.对某事物表示轻视/ hold somebody in contempt蔑视某人/ be beneath contempt不值得一顾。
  这个谚语告诉我们这样一个道理:长久而密切相处会引起轻视的感觉。往往对一件很熟悉的事情可能使我们忽视其重要性,或者干一件事次数频繁就可能粗心大意。




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