condescend

英 [ˌkɒndɪ'send] 美 [ˌkɑːndɪ'send]

• v. 屈尊；俯就；怀着优越感对待

英英释义

Verb:

1. behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

2. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

3. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way;

   "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
   

4. treat condescendingly

经典引文

• Thay [singers] condiscend sa weill in ane accord.

  出自： G. Douglas

• The three estates..together condescended to the raising of an army.

  出自： W. Drummond

• He was resolved to condescend no further to the whims of a person.

  出自： W. Godwin

词汇搭配

• condescend upon 不厌其烦地细说...

近反义词

【近义词】

• deign （有时作贬义或作反语）屈...
• patronize 以高人一等的态度对待...
• stoop 佝偻
• humiliate 使 ... 蒙羞
• talk down 驳倒
• look down on 俯视
• disdain 轻蔑
• humble 谦逊的
• demean 贬低
• lower 低的
• patronise 资助
• lower oneself 降低自己的身分, 自甘堕...
• descend 下降

【反义词】

• boast 自夸
• pride 骄傲