| 释义 |
condescend/kɒndiˈsend/v. intr. 1 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 to + infin.) often iron. be gracious enough (to do a thing that one regards as undignified or below one's level of importance) [常讽]俯就，屈尊 condescended to speak to me in the street 放下架子在大街上和我说话 2 (foll. by 后跟 to) derog. behave as if one is on equal terms with (a person), while maintaining an overt attitude of superiority [贬] (带有优越感地)假装平等对待，假装和蔼可亲 condescends to the junior staff 假惺惺地亲近下级职员 3 (as 作 condescending adj.) patronizing; superciliously kind 屈尊俯就的 □ condescendingly adv.[Middle English via Old French condescendre from ecclesiastical Latin condescendere (as COM-, DESCEND)] |