adv. 卑鄙地；下贱地
in a contemptible manner
... contemptible adj.可鄙的 contemptibly adv.卑鄙地；下贱地 contend v. 斗争＝struggle；竞争；（在争论中）据理力争 ...
contemptible 可鄙的；卑劣的；可轻视的
contemptibility 可鄙；卑鄙；下贱
For those of us who (by choice) are not safely ensconced in that way, endorsing a candidate like Mitt Romney comes with real perils chief among them, a loss of credibility among friends and colleagues for whom a guy like Romney is not just wrong but contemptibly, irredeemably bankrupt.