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　

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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
• 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
• do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  Synonym:deigndescend
• behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• It'd be very kind of you to condescend to take this post.
  要是您肯屈就，那是太好了。
• She did not condescend to have dinner with him.
  她投有屈尊与他共餐。
• 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。
• Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
  不要志气高大，倒要俯就卑微的人。
• I never thought he would condescend to betraying his friends.
  我万万没有想到他会不惜出卖朋友。
• He talked now, freely enough; and she presently saw fit to retreat to her solitude: but the frost had set in, and, in spite of her pride, she was forced to condescend to our company, more and more.
  现在他说话了，挺随便；她立刻看出还是回去守着她的孤寂合适些：但已开始下霜了，她虽然骄傲，也被迫渐渐地和我们接近了。
• Don't condescend to me.
  别在我面前摆架子。
• She does not condescend to such little things.
  她不屑理睬那种小事。