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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I'd appreciate it if you didn't condescend me, wayne.
我很感激你没看扁我，韦恩。 - This world had you, so become more fine; Let this quarterly of the sunlight and mirths all condescend to come lightly because of you, wishing your life delectation!
这世界因为有了你，所以变得更加美好；让这一季的阳光和欢笑都因你而轻轻降临，祝你生活愉快！ - Don't condescend to me.
别在我面前摆架子。 - 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。