condescension
condescension 英 [ˌkɒndɪ'senʃn] 美 [ˌkɑndɪˈsɛnʃən]
n. 谦虚；屈尊；傲慢态度；纡尊降贵[表不满]
名词复数:condescensions
- Condescension is an insulting way of talking to other people, as if they were stupid or ignorant. Condescension is rude and patronizing.
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- n. 谦虚；屈尊；傲慢态度；纡尊降贵[表不满]
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1. So what the wounded newcomers sometimes interpret as condescension is actually more along the lines of teaching someone to ride a bicycle.
所以，受了伤害的新手有时认为屈尊俯就的实际上更多的是教人顺着路线学骑自行车。
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2. The Western press and public opinion are filled with condescension toward China, and the attitude that the West alone knows what is best for all peoples.
西方媒体和舆论对中国充满一种高高在上的屈尊态度，这就是西方唯一知道的、最适合所有人的态度。
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3. I had never been spontaneously approached by a publisher and such condescension rather turned my head.
还从没有一个出版商主动来与我接洽, 这种屈尊有点让我受宠若惊。
- condescension (n.) 1640s, "the act of condescending, a voluntary inclining to equality with inferiors," from Late Latin condescensionem, noun of action from past-participle stem of condescendere "to let oneself down" (see condescend).
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