deign
deign 英 [deɪn] 美 [den]
vi. 屈尊 vt. 赐予
进行时:deigning 过去式:deigned 过去分词:deigned 第三人称单数:deigns 名词复数:deigns
- Deign means to reluctantly agree to do something you consider beneath you. When threatened with the loss of her fortune, an heiress might deign to get a job, but she might look down her nose at the people she'd have to work with.
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- vi. 屈尊
- vt. 赐予
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1. If e'er you deign these lowly lines your eyes
如果你肯屈尊读读我这卑微的诗行
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2. Only when you do not deign even to despise this world of unsolvable problems will you finally come to achieve a superior form of personal existence.
只有当你能够不屈尊俯就，不鄙夷这个世界的种种不可解决的问题时，你才会达到生命存在的最高形式。
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3. There has been much debate in this campaign about which of our enemies the next U.S. president should deign to talk to.
下一任美国总统到底应该放下身架和我们的哪一位敌人交谈？ 在这次竞选中对这一问题一直争论不休。
- deign (v.) c. 1300, from Old French deignier (Modern French daigner), from Latin dignari "to deem worthy or fit" (source of Italian degnare, Spanish deñar), from dignus "worthy," from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept." Sense of "take or accept graciously" led to that of "condescend" (1580s). Related: Deigned; deigning.
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