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
- 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！ - I'd appreciate it if you didn't condescend me, wayne.
我很感激你没看扁我，韦恩。 - 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。 - It'd be very kind of you to condescend to take this post.
要是您肯屈就，那是太好了。 - If my Cousin Xifeng would condescend to take charge here for a month, that would set my mind at rest.
怎么屈尊大妹妹一个月，在这里料理料理，我就放心了。 - 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。 - You'd better condescend upon particulars.
你最好详述其情。 - Won't condescend to acknowledge his rival's greeting;
不愿屈尊答谢他的对手的问候； - 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； - 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。