disdain

dis-, 不，非，使相反。-dain, 同-dign, 尊贵，词源同dignity, decent.即使不尊贵，蔑视。

disdain

disdain: [14] Disdain comes via Old French desdeigner from *disdignāre, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēdignāri ‘scorn’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘un-, not’ and dignāre ‘consider worthy’ (source of English deign [13]).
=> dainty, deign, dignity

disdain (v.)

late 14c., from Old French desdeignier "disdain, scorn, refuse, repudiate," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + deignier "treat as worthy" (see deign). Related: Disdained; disdaining.

disdain (n.)

mid-14c., desdegne "scorn, contempt," earlier dedeyne "offended dignity" (c. 1300), from Old French desdeigne, from desdeignier (see disdain (v.)). Sometimes in early Modern English shortened to sdain, sdainful. Related: disdainful; disdainfully.

1. She shared her daughter's disdain for her fellow countrymen.

她和女儿都瞧不起自己的同胞。

2. Janet looked at him with disdain.

珍妮特轻蔑地看着他。

3. to treat sb with disdain

鄙视某人

4. I would certainly disdain to live in such tiny flats.

我当然不愿意住在这样小的单元房里.

5. Some people disdain labour.

有些人轻视劳动.