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
- 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。 - She did not condescend to have dinner with him.
她投有屈尊与他共餐。 - 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? - Many critics attended the movie and prepared to condescend, but the movie could not be dismissed: It was so joyous and original that even the early reviews acknowledged it as something special.
许多评论家屈尊出席了首映礼。尽管如此,人们却不能无视它的存在:影片欢快无比,又创意十足,连时评也不得不承认它与众不同。 - 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。 - 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。 - Edgar, the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.
起初老大埃德加不屑同他为伍。 - 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。 - 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。