"I think," she said, "it is perfectly lovely the way you talk about girls; John there just despises us."

“我认为，”她说，“你谈论女孩子的方式非常可爱；约翰就总是看不起我们。”

Lily: Your wife despises me.

你妻子她鄙视我。

He likes Mary, who despises him.

他喜欢玛丽，她却讨厌他。

This may mean that he despises himself.

这可能意味着他瞧不起自己。

My group despises violence of any kind.

我的组织鄙视任何形式的暴力行动。