contemn

[kən'tem]

гл.; книжн.

презирать, относиться с пренебрежением, презрением, пренебрегать

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Will you contemn them, in favour of some suggestion—hocus-pocus and emotional charlatanry?
Попробуйте презреть ее ради каких-то фокус-покусов, состоящих из намеков и шарлатанской имитации высоких чувств, и вот вы уже попали в лапы к дьяволу.
Mann, Thomas / The Magic MountainМанн, Томас / Волшебная гора
Волшебная гора
Манн, Томас
© 1924, S.Fischer Verlag AG, Berlin
© Перевод. В. Станевич, наследники, 2009
© Перевод. В. Курелла, наследники, 2009
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
The Magic Mountain
Mann, Thomas
© 1995 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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kən'temVerbпрезирать; относиться с пренебрежением; презрением; пренебрегать

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contemn

verb

Basic forms
Past	contemned
Imperative	contemn
Present Participle (Participle I)	contemning
Past Participle (Participle II)	contemned

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I contemn	we contemn
you contemn	you contemn
he/she/it contemns	they contemn

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am contemning	we are contemning
you are contemning	you are contemning
he/she/it is contemning	they are contemning

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have contemned	we have contemned
you have contemned	you have contemned
he/she/it has contemned	they have contemned

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been contemning	we have been contemning
you have been contemning	you have been contemning
he/she/it has been contemning	they have been contemning

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I contemned	we contemned
you contemned	you contemned
he/she/it contemned	they contemned

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was contemning	we were contemning
you were contemning	you were contemning
he/she/it was contemning	they were contemning

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had contemned	we had contemned
you had contemned	you had contemned
he/she/it had contemned	they had contemned

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been contemning	we had been contemning
you had been contemning	you had been contemning
he/she/it had been contemning	they had been contemning

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will contemn	we shall/will contemn
you will contemn	you will contemn
he/she/it will contemn	they will contemn

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be contemning	we shall/will be contemning
you will be contemning	you will be contemning
he/she/it will be contemning	they will be contemning

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have contemned	we shall/will have contemned
you will have contemned	you will have contemned
he/she/it will have contemned	they will have contemned

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been contemning	we shall/will have been contemning
you will have been contemning	you will have been contemning
he/she/it will have been contemning	they will have been contemning

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would contemn	we should/would contemn
you would contemn	you would contemn
he/she/it would contemn	they would contemn

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be contemning	we should/would be contemning
you would be contemning	you would be contemning
he/she/it would be contemning	they would be contemning

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have contemned	we should/would have contemned
you would have contemned	you would have contemned
he/she/it would have contemned	they would have contemned

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been contemning	we should/would have been contemning
you would have been contemning	you would have been contemning
he/she/it would have been contemning	they would have been contemning

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am contemned	we are contemned
you are contemned	you are contemned
he/she/it is contemned	they are contemned

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being contemned	we are being contemned
you are being contemned	you are being contemned
he/she/it is being contemned	they are being contemned

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been contemned	we have been contemned
you have been contemned	you have been contemned
he/she/it has been contemned	they have been contemned

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was contemned	we were contemned
you were contemned	you were contemned
he/she/it was contemned	they were contemned

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being contemned	we were being contemned
you were being contemned	you were being contemned
he/she/it was being contemned	they were being contemned

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been contemned	we had been contemned
you had been contemned	you had been contemned
he/she/it had been contemned	they had been contemned

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be contemned	we shall/will be contemned
you will be contemned	you will be contemned
he/she/it will be contemned	they will be contemned

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been contemned	we shall/will have been contemned
you will have been contemned	you will have been contemned
he/she/it will have been contemned	they will have been contemned

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