比较：

likeness: 最普通的用语，比resemblance意味要强

resemble: 特别是指外观或外在性质的相似

similarity: 性质、特色、程度的相似 similar to sth. or sb.

The two events which happened at the same time have got similarity.

They have got close likeness.

■scorn n. 嘲弄，挖苦(strong contempt)

常用短语：pour scorn on，pour contempt on，pour ridicule on 对......嘲弄，挖苦，斥之以鼻

Eg: He poured scorn on his wife's suggestion.

表示藐视、瞧不起，还可用：look down upon / think scorn of 新概念英语第二册课文

比较：

contempt: 蔑视，强烈谴责某人或某事低贱、卑鄙，语气较强

despise:  语气较弱，表示嘲弄

Eg: His suggestion was dismissed with scorn / contempt.

His face showed the scorn he felt.

We often speak of tramps with contempt and put them in the same class as beggars. (NCE3 lesson 27)

I despised the frigid weather in January.

■acquaint v. 使了解(to have knowledge of)