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
- Such, moreover, is the complexity of life, that when we condescend upon details in our advice, we may be sure we condescend on error;
这样，而且，是生命的复杂性，即当我们在我们的建议详情垂询，我们可以肯定我们在错误屈尊； - Will you condescend to argue with him?
你会屈尊和他一般见识吗？ - Won't condescend to acknowledge his rival's greeting;
不愿屈尊答谢他的对手的问候； - Elinor would ever condescend to anticipate enjoyment.
埃莉诺能够委屈自己一下去预想这种乐趣。 - Edgar, the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.
起初老大埃德加不屑同他为伍。 - 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。 - When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.
他赏脸开腔后，半个小时内就有三四次说话自相矛盾。 - I'd appreciate it if you didn't condescend me, wayne.
我很感激你没看扁我，韦恩。 - She does not condescend to such little things.
她不屑理睬那种小事。 - She did not condescend to have dinner with him.
她投有屈尊与他共餐。