可鄙的；卑劣的；令人轻蔑的（指人或行为低劣到值得鄙视）。也可更广义地表示“非常差劲的、微不足道的”。
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His contemptible behavior cost him his friends.
他那可鄙的行为让他失去了朋友。
It was contemptible of the manager to blame the youngest employee for mistakes he had made himself.
那位经理把自己犯的错推到最年轻的员工身上，这种做法卑劣可鄙。
来自拉丁语 contemptibilis，由 contemnere（轻视、蔑视）演变而来，词根含义与“看不起、鄙视”相关；后进入法语与英语，逐渐固定为“值得鄙视的、可鄙的”。
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