condescend
英 [kɒndɪ'send]
美[,kɑndɪ'sɛnd]
- vi. 屈尊；谦逊
词态变化
第三人称单数: condescends;过去式: condescended;过去分词: condescended;现在分词: condescending;名词: condescension;
英文词源
- condescend (adj.)
- mid-14c., "to yield deferentially," from Old French condescendere (14c.) "to agree, consent, give in, yield," from Late Latin condescendere "to let oneself down," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + descendere "descend" (see descend). Sense of "to sink willingly to equal terms with inferiors" is from mid-15c.
双语例句
- 1. Don't condescend to me.
- 别在我面前摆架子。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Would you condescend to accompany me?
- 你肯屈尊陪我 吗 ?
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. He did not condescend to their society, he seemed glad of it.
- 他并不是自贬身价地与她们交往, 而是似乎乐于与她们交往.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Edgar , the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.
- 起初老大埃德加不屑同他为伍.
来自辞典例句