Condescend

[kɒndɪ'send] or [,kɑndɪ'sɛnd]

解释:

(verb.) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.

(verb.) behave in a patronizing and condescending manner.

(verb.) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; 'I won't stoop to reading other people's mail'.

简录入--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.

(v. i.) To consent.

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同义词及近义词:

v. n. [1]. Stoop, yield, submit, bend, descend, deign, vouchsafe.[2]. Humble one's self.

校对:迈克尔

同义词及反义词:

SYN:Stoop, descend, deign, vouchsafe

ANT:Disdain, scorn, spurn

校对:弗恩

解释:

v.i. to descend willingly from a superior position: to act kindly to inferiors: to deign: to comply: to lower one's self.—n. Condescend′ence condescension: (Scots law) an articulate statement annexed to a summons setting forth the allegations in fact upon which an action is founded.—adj. Condescend′ing yielding to inferiors: courteous: obliging: patronising.—adv. Condescend′ingly.—n. Condescens′ion affability to inferiors: courtesy: graciousness.—Condescend upon to specify: to mention.

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