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　

GRETEM8

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

• 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！
• 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。
• We condescend if we speak of it as a phenomenon of the poor.
  如果我们说这是贫穷的现象那是我们屈尊了。
• You should never condescend or look down on a co-worker.
  你永远也不应该瞧不起或以屈尊的对待同事。
• Edgar, the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.
  起初老大埃德加不屑同他为伍。
• 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。
• She did not condescend to have dinner with him.
  她投有屈尊与他共餐。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。