condescending
condescending 英 [ˌkɒndɪˈsendɪŋ] 美 [ˌkɑndɪˈsendɪŋ]
adj. 表现出优越感的；居高临下的 v. 屈尊（condescend的ing形式）
- If you are being condescending, you are looking down on someone. A 10-year-old who says to his sibling, "What do you know? You're only a 6-year-old!" is being condescending.
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- adj. 表现出优越感的；居高临下的
- v. 屈尊（condescend的ing形式）
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1. So it is easy for his opponents to paint him as a condescending liberal.
这样，他的对手轻而易举就可以将他描绘成一个屈尊的自由人士。
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2. I'm awed by the courage I see, and it's condescending and foolish to suggest that people dying for democracy aren't ready for it.
我被我亲眼所见的勇气所震惊，而认为为民主献身的人还没准备好，这是一种故意屈尊并且愚蠢的态度。
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3. Asking about the divorce might have made his friend feel worse by reminding him of it, and expressing concern could have come across as condescending.
询问关于离婚的事可能会让朋友想起这件事而感到难过，而表示关切也有可能被视为幸灾乐祸。
- condescending (adj.) 1707, "marked or characterized by condescension, stooping to the level of one's inferiors," present-participle adjective from condescend. In a positive sense (of God, the Savior, etc.) until late 18c. "Now, usually, Making a show, or assuming the air, of condescension; patronizing" [OED]. Related: Condescendingly (1650s).
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