condescending

英 [ˌkɒndɪˈsendɪŋ]

美 [ˌkɑːndɪˈsendɪŋ]

adj.  表现出优越感的; 居高临下的
v.  屈尊; 俯就; (对某人)表现出优越感
condescend的现在分词

现在分词：condescending　

GRE

BNC.19352 / COCA.15341

牛津词典

adj.

• 表现出优越感的；居高临下的
  behaving as though you are more important and more intelligent than other people
  1. He has a condescending attitude towards women.
     他对女性总是居高临下。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 盛气凌人的;居高临下的
  If you say that someone iscondescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
  1. I'm fed up with your money and your whole condescending attitude...
     我讨厌你的钱，也受够了你居高临下的态度。
  2. They can be a bit condescending.
     他们可能有点儿架子。

英英释义

adj

• (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
  Synonym:archpatronizingpatronising

双语例句

• I found him condescending and almost unbearably smug.
  我发现他很傲慢，自鸣得意得叫人恶心。
• I find this hard to say without sounding condescending, but. I'm proud of you.
  我发现我很难不用长辈的口吻说，但是我以你为傲！
• There is a tendency to treat other English learners ( or people who are learning their language) in a condescending, totally idiotic way, forgetting what it is like to learn because they themselves are no longer connected to their own learning process.
  趋向以一种高人一等的态度对待其他英语学习者（或者学习自己语言的人）是愚蠢的，这种人已经忘记了什么是学习，因为他们再也联系不到他们自己的学习过程了。
• What's the opposite of condescending?
  谦虚的反义词是什么？
• It's very condescending of you to come here at all.
  到这里来真是委屈你了。
• Even though you're gonna say I'm being condescending.
  尽管你一定会认为我在摆架子。
• He seemed to drop him his condescending words from an immeasurable height above him.
  他好像从那无可估量的高处对他说了一句宽容的话。
• Speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child.
  高人一等地说话，好象对一个孩子。
• I'm fed up with your money and your whole condescending attitude
  我讨厌你的钱，也受够了你居高临下的态度。
• It's just escapism, obviously, but benevolent romanticism can be just as condescending as the malevolent kind& even when you surround it with pop-up ferns and floating mountains.
  很明显，这只是逃避现实，但是，就算你用自动跳起的蕨类植物和悬浮的山脉来环绕它，良性浪漫主义也可能和恶性的一样，是带着居高临下的姿态。