condescend

vi.屈尊，俯就；故意表示和蔼可亲

verb

1. 屈尊；俯就
   to do sth that you think it is below your social or professional position to do
   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。
2. （对某人）表现出优越感
   to behave towards sb as though you are more important and more intelligent than they are
   1. 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。

过去式:condescended 第三人称单数:condescends 过去分词:condescended 现在分词:condescending

1. When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.
   他赏脸开腔后，半个小时内就有三四次说话自相矛盾。
2. Don't condescend to me.
   别在我面前摆架子。
3. It'd be very kind of you to condescend to take this post.
   要是您肯屈就，那是太好了。
4. If my Cousin Xifeng would condescend to take charge here for a month, that would set my mind at rest.
   怎么屈尊大妹妹一个月，在这里料理料理，我就放心了。
5. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
   不要志气高大，倒要俯就卑微的人。
6. Such, moreover, is the complexity of life, that when we condescend upon details in our advice, we may be sure we condescend on error;
   这样，而且，是生命的复杂性，即当我们在我们的建议详情垂询，我们可以肯定我们在错误屈尊；
7. I do wish he wouldn't condescend to the junior staff in his department.
   我但愿他不要假惺惺地纡尊降贵接近部门里的低级员工。
8. You should never condescend or look down on a co-worker.
   你永远也不应该瞧不起或以屈尊的对待同事。
9. He talked now, freely enough; and she presently saw fit to retreat to her solitude: but the frost had set in, and, in spite of her pride, she was forced to condescend to our company, more and more.
   现在他说话了，挺随便；她立刻看出还是回去守着她的孤寂合适些：但已开始下霜了，她虽然骄傲，也被迫渐渐地和我们接近了。
10. I'd appreciate it if you didn't condescend me, wayne.
    我很感激你没看扁我，韦恩。
11. I never thought he would condescend to betraying his friends.
    我万万没有想到他会不惜出卖朋友。
12. Maybe you could ask the CEO ( Chief Executive Officer) to condescend to him.
    也许你可以请求CEO（首席官）对他摆出一副待以施恩的。
13. Edgar, the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.
    起初老大埃德加不屑同他为伍。
14. We condescend if we speak of it as a phenomenon of the poor.
    如果我们说这是贫穷的现象那是我们屈尊了。
15. Perhaps your father would condescend to help with the washing-up!
    令尊大人或可纡尊降贵帮助刷锅洗碗吧！
16. Some people will never condescend to help their wives with the housework.
    一些人从不肯屈尊就驾帮他们的妻子料理家事。
17. Many critics attended the movie and prepared to condescend, but the movie could not be dismissed: It was so joyous and original that even the early reviews acknowledged it as something special.
    许多评论家屈尊出席了首映礼。尽管如此，人们却不能无视它的存在：影片欢快无比，又创意十足，连时评也不得不承认它与众不同。
18. Elinor would ever condescend to anticipate enjoyment.
    埃莉诺能够委屈自己一下去预想这种乐趣。
19. She does not condescend to such little things.
    她不屑理睬那种小事。
20. Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend.
    在猫面前要降格相待有如朋友。
21. She did not condescend to have dinner with him.
    她投有屈尊与他共餐。
22. This world had you, so become more fine; Let this quarterly of the sunlight and mirths all condescend to come lightly because of you, wishing your life delectation!
    这世界因为有了你，所以变得更加美好；让这一季的阳光和欢笑都因你而轻轻降临，祝你生活愉快！
23. Won't condescend to acknowledge his rival's greeting;
    不愿屈尊答谢他的对手的问候；
24. He did not condescend to their society, he seemed glad of it.
    他并不是自贬身价地与她们交往，而是似乎乐于与她们交往。
25. The Prince of Darkness does not condescend to such cheap drudgery.
    这种下贱的差使，根本用不着劳“黑暗之王”的大驾。
26. Will you condescend to argue with him?
    你会屈尊和他一般见识吗？
27. The person such grace and such beauty should have condescend to waste itself on such a pursuit.
    这么优美，这么艳丽的人儿竟然堕落下去，把自身的精力浪费在这样的事情上！
28. Yet even as he declines to submit, he does condescend nonetheless to give an explanation of the philosophical way of life in terms that his fellow Athenians might understand.
    然而，纵使苏格拉底拒绝屈从，但是他也屈尊俯就，明确地给出了哲学的生活方式之解释，此种解释他的同胞雅典人或许能理解。
29. You'd better condescend upon particulars.
    你最好详述其情。
30. We just expect a love probably, sympathize with, these the precious emotion condescend to come.
    我们才有可能期盼爱、同情，这些珍贵的情感降临。