condescend
condescend 英 [ˌkɒndɪˈsend] 美 [ˌkɑndɪˈsend]
vi. 屈尊；（对某人）表现出优越感
进行时:condescending 过去式:condescended 过去分词:condescended 第三人称单数:condescends
- A snooty waiter might condescend to serve you dinner at a fancy restaurant, meaning that he'd consider himself far too important to carry out the mundane task of delivering your hamburger and fries.
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- vi. 屈尊；（对某人）表现出优越感
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1. We had to wait almost an hour before he condescended to see us.
我们等了几乎一小时他才屈尊大驾来见我们。
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2. 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。
- condescend (adj.) mid-14c., of God, a king., etc., "make gracious allowance" for human frailty, etc.; late 14c., "yield deferentially," from Old French condescendere (14c.) "to agree, consent, give in, yield, come down from one's rights or claims," and directly from Late Latin condescendere "to let oneself down, stoop," in Medieval Latin "be complaisant or compliant," from assimilated form of Latin com "with, together" (see con-) + descendere "to descend," literally "climb down" (see descend).
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