第三人称单数:condescends
现在分词:condescending
过去分词:condescended
过去式:condescended
不及物动词
1. He never condescends to speak to me.
他从来未曾屈尊与我谈话。
2. Don't condescend to me!
不要用恩赐态度对待我!
3. I saw that he had condescended to me.
我看得出,他是故意对我显示恩惠的。
4. He condescended to mingle with the workers.
他屈尊与工人们交往。
5. The king condescended to eat with the beggars.
那国王屈尊和乞丐们共餐。
condescend
1. 屈尊:condense 使简洁,缩短 | condescend 屈尊 | condole 同情,慰问
2. 谦逊:condensible 可压缩的 | condescend 谦逊 | condescendence 起诉书
3. 屈尊、府就:ascend 攀登、上升 | condescend 屈尊、府就 | descendant 后代
4. 睥睨:2 Chrome Mox 五彩玛珂 | 4 Condescend 睥睨 | 1 Crucible of Worlds 世间锤炼
1. 屈尊;俯就;降低身份
If someone condescends to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it.
e.g. 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。
2. 表现出高人一等;盛气凌人
If you say that someone condescends to other people, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
e.g. Don't condescend to me.
别在我面前摆架子。
1. They condescend to residents and randomly issue administrative mandates in a rigid and simple manner.
2. But since Peking is a city of the people now, foreigners dare not domineer and condescend anymore.
verb
1. treat condescendingly
2. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
e.g. I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
Synonym: stoop lower oneself
3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
4. behave in a patronizing and condescending manner