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condescend

英 [kɒndɪ'send] 美 [,kɑndɪ'sɛnd]

解释

vi. 屈尊；谦逊

※ 提供单词"condescend"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

1. Don't condescend to me.: 别在我面前摆架子。

2. Would you condescend to accompany me?: 你肯屈尊陪我吗 ?

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.

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.

5. Edgar , the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.: 起初老大埃德加不屑同他为伍.