deign

英 [deɪn] 美 [deɪn]

• v. （有时作贬义或作反语）屈尊；施惠于人；赐予

英英释义

Verb:

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

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He did not deign to an answer.
   他不屑置答。
2. Now that she is rich and famous, she does not deign to visit her former friends.
   既然她现在又有钱又出名，便再也不愿屈尊去看望从前的朋友了。
3. At times he might even deign to speak to them.
   有些时候，他也以恩赐的神情同他们谈谈话。
4. I fear my Julia will not deign my lines.
   我担心我的朱莉亚不会欣然接受我的书信。

经典引文

• Hardly deigning to reply to your timid sentences.

  出自： H. Belloc

• Lunch-time arrived and still no driver deigned to stop for us.

  出自： D. Abse

近反义词

【近义词】

• stoop 佝偻
• condescend 屈尊
• consent 同意
• agree 同意
• yield 生产
• concede 承认
• give 给
• in 在 ... 里
• give in 屈服
• lower oneself 降低自己的身分, 自甘堕...
• oneself 自己
• lower 低的
• descend 下降