phrasal verb với động từ gốc · neutral
look down one's nose at
UK/lʊk daʊn wʌnz nəʊz æt/US/lʊk daʊn wʌnz noʊz æt/LOOK·down·one's·NOSE·at
to regard someone with contempt or disdain; to act as if one is superior to someone else
Examples
“She tends to look down her nose at people who didn't go to university.”
“In interviews he never looks down his nose at applicants, which makes him popular among staff.”
“Students complained that some teachers looked down their noses at them if their spoken English was weak.”
Band 8 sentence
“Hiring managers who look down their nose at applicants from different backgrounds risk missing out on valuable talent.”
Collocations
- look down (one's) nose at someone
- tend to look down one's nose at
Word family
Common mistakes
look down someone→look down one's nose at someone
look down on someone→look down one's nose at someone
Say it for a higher band
5dislike→6look down on→7+look down one's nose at
Synonyms
look down on
snobbish
Easily confused
look down on
“She looks down on anyone who admits they don't like travel.”
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