英语词汇“deign”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

deign

/deɪn

verb [no object, with infinitive]

1Do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity: she did not deign to answer the maid’s question...

There is a third, rather stupid, tax distributional question, concerned with the impact of any such tax, but since I think the proposal out of court in principal, I will not deign to even consider this.
He is the ultimate rage freak, glorying in the heat of his negative reviews while rarely deigning to actually consider the positive.
He can, however, tap dance, and does so here, something Noel Coward wouldn't even have deigned to consider.

1.1 [with object] archaic Condescend to give (something): he had deigned an apology...

She didn't deign a reply until she was about three feet away.
Anthony didn't deign a reply because the teacher had now started to speak.

Synonyms

condescend, stoop, lower oneself, descend, think fit, see fit, deem it worthy of oneself, consent, vouchsafe;

demean oneself, humble oneself

informal come down from one's high horse

Origin

Middle English: from Old French degnier, from Latin dignare, dignari 'deem worthy', from dignus 'worthy'.

To deign is to do something that you consider beneath your dignity, and the word is bound up with ‘dignity’. It goes back to Latin dignare ‘to judge to be worthy’, which was formed from dignus ‘worthy’, the source of dignity (Middle English), and dignify (Late Middle English), and the negative disdain (Middle English) ‘consider unworthy’.

单词	deign
释义	deign /deɪn / verb [no object, with infinitive] 1Do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity: she did not deign to answer the maid’s question... There is a third, rather stupid, tax distributional question, concerned with the impact of any such tax, but since I think the proposal out of court in principal, I will not deign to even consider this. He is the ultimate rage freak, glorying in the heat of his negative reviews while rarely deigning to actually consider the positive. He can, however, tap dance, and does so here, something Noel Coward wouldn't even have deigned to consider. 1.1 [with object] archaic Condescend to give (something): he had deigned an apology... She didn't deign a reply until she was about three feet away. Anthony didn't deign a reply because the teacher had now started to speak. Synonyms condescend, stoop, lower oneself, descend, think fit, see fit, deem it worthy of oneself, consent, vouchsafe; demean oneself, humble oneself informal come down from one's high horse Origin Middle English: from Old French degnier, from Latin dignare, dignari 'deem worthy', from dignus 'worthy'. To deign is to do something that you consider beneath your dignity, and the word is bound up with ‘dignity’. It goes back to Latin dignare ‘to judge to be worthy’, which was formed from dignus ‘worthy’, the source of dignity (Middle English), and dignify (Late Middle English), and the negative disdain (Middle English) ‘consider unworthy’. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne
随便看	beignet Beijing be in at the death be in at the kill be in credit be in debit be in for be in (full) flood being beingless beingness be in good company be in good (or bad) odour with be in (on) the secret be in (or of) two minds be in (or out of) luck be in (or out of) one's element be in (or out of) the frame be in over one's head be in pictures be in someone's debt be in someone's good (or bad) graces be in something for the long haul be in stays be in the doghouse

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