condescend
英 [ˌkɒndɪˈsend]
美 [ˌkɑːndɪˈsend]
v. 屈尊; 俯就; (对某人)表现出优越感
过去式：condescended 第三人称单数：condescends 过去分词：condescended 现在分词：condescending
BNC.34810 / COCA.28540
牛津词典
verb
- 屈尊；俯就
to do sth that you think it is below your social or professional position to do- We had to wait almost an hour before he condescended to see us.
我们等了几乎一小时他才屈尊大驾来见我们。
- We had to wait almost an hour before he condescended to see us.
- （对某人）表现出优越感
to behave towards sb as though you are more important and more intelligent than they are- When giving a talk, be careful not to condescend to your audience.
发表讲话时，注意别对听众表现出高人一等的样子。
- When giving a talk, be careful not to condescend to your audience.
英英释义
verb
- treat condescendingly
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
- I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
双语例句
- Maybe you could ask the CEO ( Chief Executive Officer) to condescend to him.
也许你可以请求CEO（首席官）对他摆出一副待以施恩的。 - The Prince of Darkness does not condescend to such cheap drudgery.
这种下贱的差使，根本用不着劳“黑暗之王”的大驾。 - Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend.
在猫面前要降格相待有如朋友。 - She does not condescend to such little things.
她不屑理睬那种小事。 - Will you condescend to argue with him?
你会屈尊和他一般见识吗？ - If my Cousin Xifeng would condescend to take charge here for a month, that would set my mind at rest.
怎么屈尊大妹妹一个月，在这里料理料理，我就放心了。 - He talked now, freely enough; and she presently saw fit to retreat to her solitude: but the frost had set in, and, in spite of her pride, she was forced to condescend to our company, more and more.
现在他说话了，挺随便；她立刻看出还是回去守着她的孤寂合适些：但已开始下霜了，她虽然骄傲，也被迫渐渐地和我们接近了。 - Won't condescend to acknowledge his rival's greeting;
不愿屈尊答谢他的对手的问候； - We condescend if we speak of it as a phenomenon of the poor.
如果我们说这是贫穷的现象那是我们屈尊了。 - Yet even as he declines to submit, he does condescend nonetheless to give an explanation of the philosophical way of life in terms that his fellow Athenians might understand.
然而，纵使苏格拉底拒绝屈从，但是他也屈尊俯就，明确地给出了哲学的生活方式之解释，此种解释他的同胞雅典人或许能理解。