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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 

GRETEM8

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
      1. 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。
    • (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
      1. 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。

    英英释义

    verb

    • treat condescendingly
        Synonym:patronizepatronise
      1. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
        1. I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
        Synonym:stooplower oneself
      2. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
          Synonym:deigndescend
        1. behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

          双语例句

          • We just expect a love probably, sympathize with, these the precious emotion condescend to come.
            我们才有可能期盼爱、同情,这些珍贵的情感降临。
          • Won't condescend to acknowledge his rival's greeting;
            不愿屈尊答谢他的对手的问候;
          • Some people will never condescend to help their wives with the housework.
            一些人从不肯屈尊就驾帮他们的妻子料理家事。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • He did not condescend to their society, he seemed glad of it.
            他并不是自贬身价地与她们交往,而是似乎乐于与她们交往。
          • You should never condescend or look down on a co-worker.
            你永远也不应该瞧不起或以屈尊的对待同事。
          • 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。
          • Perhaps your father would condescend to help with the washing-up!
            令尊大人或可纡尊降贵帮助刷锅洗碗吧!
          • Edgar, the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.
            起初老大埃德加不屑同他为伍。