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
- 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。