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她对任何形式的流言飞语都嗤之以鼻。 She despised gossip in any form. | ||
起初他对她的外国作风嗤之以鼻。 At first he sniffed at her foreign ways. | ||
过去，他对自己或许接替艾萨克斯的说法嗤之以鼻。 In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Isaacs. | ||
她对这场改革嗤之以鼻，认为只是场无实际行动的集体空想而已。 She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel-gazing. | ||
至少有三十五位制造商已经对要求即刻汇报这类故障的规定嗤之以鼻了。 At least 35 manufacturers have flouted a law requiring prompt reporting of such malfunctions. | ||
西方国家像IBM、埃森哲(Accenture)等公司也许会对印度对手们的城府嗤之以鼻。 Western firms such as IBM and Accenture can be sniffy about their Indian rivals' sophistication. | ||
品酒行家们对喝塑料瓶装的葡萄酒的念头嗤之以鼻，对盒装的更是视如敝屣。 Connoisseurs tend to flinch at the notion of drinking wine that comes in a plastic bottle or-heaven forbid-a box. | ||
但东盟一位外交官对此嗤之以鼻，认为印尼应约束自个的野心，免得将来局面转变不好办。 But, an ASEAN diplomat sniffs, Indonesia should keep its own ambitions in check, lest the tables are turned in future. | ||
那些学有专长的学者，自己虽未能找到人生的答案，却又对谦卑信徒的信心嗤之以鼻。 The professedly learned are forever trying to bring to nothing the faith of the humble believer, but they fail in their attempts. | ||
她对俄国扶持的车臣领导嗤之以鼻，她指责他们打着苦难和绑架的幌子掠夺重建资金。 She despised the Chechen leaders installed by Russia: they looted reconstruction money, she said, using torture and kidnapping as a weapon. | ||
