condescend
英 [k?nd?'send]
美 [,kɑnd?'s?nd]
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Don't condescend to me.
- 別在我面前擺架子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Would you condescend to accompany me?
- 你肯屈尊陪我 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The Prince of Darkness does not condescend to such cheap drudgery.
- 這種下賤的差使,根本用不著勞“黑暗之王”的大駕.
來自辭典例句
- 4. He did not condescend to their society, he seemed glad of it.
- 他并不是自貶身價地與她們交往, 而是似乎樂于與她們交往.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Edgar , the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.
- 起初老大埃德加不屑同他為伍.
來自辭典例句