(of a question) be beneath contempt; not worth answering ? 孔乙己看著問(wèn)他的人，顯出～的神氣。他們便接著說(shuō)道：“你怎的連半個(gè)秀才也撈不到呢？” (魯迅《吶喊·孔乙己》22) When Kong looked as if such a question were beneath contempt,they would continue:“How is it you never passed even the lowest official examination?”