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con·de·scend
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第三人称单数:condescends
现在分词:condescending
过去式:condescended
过去分词:condescended
condescender (n.)
词根:condescend
adj.condescending 谦逊的;故意屈尊的;有优越感的
adv.condescendingly 谦逊地;俯就地;屈尊地
n.condescension 谦虚;屈尊;傲慢态度
v.condescending 屈尊(condescend的ing形式)
intransitive verb
to agree to descend to a level less dignified or less privileged than one's own; deign.The farmer's children were surprised that the great lady from the manor condescended to speak with them.[verb + infinitive]
to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize.Must you condescend to me, as if I were an idiot?
14世纪中期,用于上帝、国王等,“对人类的弱点等给予宽容”,14世纪后期,“顺从”,来自古法语 condescendere(14世纪)“同意,让步,屈服,放弃自己的权利或要求”,直接源自晚期拉丁语 condescendere “放低自己,屈尊”,在中世纪拉丁语中“彬彬有礼或顺从”,源自拉丁语中的同化形式 com “与,一起”(见 con-) + descendere “下降”,字面意思是“爬下”,来自 de “向下”(见 de-) + scandere “攀爬”,源自 PIE 词根 *skand- “跳”(见 scan(v.))。
“自愿放弃自己的上级地位或等级的仪式或尊严,并愿意与下级平起平坐”的意义始于15世纪初。在中古英语中通常是一个积极的词; 现代的负面意义来自于一种仅仅是表面或假装的屈尊(比较 patronize 中的意义演变)。在中古英语中也有“给予自己的同意; 达成共识; 做出让步”的意思。
Middle English, from Anglo-French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere, from Latin com- + descendere to descend
The first known use of condescend was in the 14th century
condimentnoun
something used to give food a good tasteespecially: a tangy seasoning
condimentnoun
something used to give food a good tasteespecially: a tangy seasoning
condescensionnoun
the attitude or behavior of a person who condescends
condescendverb
to lower oneself to a level considered less dignified or humbler than one's own
to act in a way that suggests that one considers oneself better than other people
1 “Wake the others,” Scipio commanded in his bossy, condescending voice, which Hornet hated so much.
2 Abra’s mouth turned up at the comers with a condescending wisdom.
3 Don't condescend to me!
不要用恩赐态度对待我!
4 “And it’s wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It’s possible to love something and still condescend to it.”
5 When giving a talk, be careful not to condescend to your audience.
发表讲话时,注意别对听众表现出高人一等的样子。
6 I will not condescend to answer the sore loser's charge that I cheated in order to win the race.
7 It was greatly surprising to Tom that ladies of standing in society, often of rank and fashion, should condescend to utter sentiments couched in the language of the fish market.
使汤姆十分惊讶的是,社会地位很高的、有时还是贵族社会和上流社会的贵妇们,怎么会自贬身价,用下流粗话来发泄感情。
8 Laugh-track shows were coming to seem not just condescending but also stiff and fusty.
9 He saw the amused and condescending looks of Abilene’s parents.
10 All they know is the racist, abusive and condescending white baas and madam.
11 Then, in the most condescending way, he told me to relax.
12 Some people will never condescend to help their wives with the housework.
一些人从不肯屈尊就驾帮他们的妻子料理家事.
13 The law takes into consideration the majority of cases, the typical and average situation, but it cannot condescend upon particulars.
法律所考虑的是多数案件,亦即典型的和一般的情形,但法律对特殊的情况却无法加以说明。
14 “I’m unpredictable. God, don’t you hate Dr. Hyde? Don’t you? He’s so condescending.”
15 He shouldn’t have been so ill-tempered with the poor man; it wasn’t Harrison’s fault that Okeoma felt he was condescending.
16 I know I should call her something other than fat, something more politically correct, but I’m not sure what without sounding condescending.
17 Archer's laugh lingered on his lips in a slightly condescending smile.
阿切尔的大笑长时间挂在嘴边,变成一抹屈尊的的微笑.
18 She does not condescend to such little things.
她不屑理睬那种小事.
19 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。
20 Could the teacher be any more, please, condescending?
1 表现出优越感
3 堕落
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4 有优越感
5 俯就
7 同意
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