| 单词 | condescend |
| 释义 | condescend (once / 536 pages) v A snooty waiter might condescend to serve you dinner at a fancy restaurant, meaning that he'd consider himself far too important to carry out the mundane task of delivering your hamburger and fries. You might have noticed that condescend contains the word descend, meaning to move down from a higher place. You can think of condescend as lowering yourself to do a task that you feel is far beneath you. Kings and queens would never condescend to do their own laundry at the palace, for example. If they even knew how to do the laundry, you can be sure they'd do it in a condescending, or superior, way to let everyone know that housework is no task for a monarch. WORD FAMILYcondescend: condescended, condescending, condescends, condescension+/condescending: condescendingest, condescendingly, condescendingness/condescension: condescensions USAGE EXAMPLESThey defined condescending lectures from poorly informed men as mansplaining. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) Are what read as pretentious and condescending undertones absolutely required? New York Times(Dec 24, 2016) I thought maybe it was my tone of voice, but I don’t think I was speaking in a condescending way. Slate(Dec 19, 2016) 1v behave in a patronizing and condescending manner Hyper act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 2v treat condescendingly Syn|Hypo|Hyper patronise, patronize stoop to make concessions to interact act together or towards others or with others 3v do something that one considers to be below one's dignity Syn|Hyper deign, descend act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 4v debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way Syn|Hyper lower oneself, stoop act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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