condescend to do sth
表示放下架子做某事，常用于讽刺。
He condescended to help us with the project.
他屈尊帮助我们做这个项目。
居高临下地对待；摆架子
condescended — past of condescend
屈尊；放下身段；俯就；自贬身份；做出有失检点的事；放下身段做某事；屈尊；(贬义)降低身份。；以居高临下的态度对待某人；以恩人自居；摆出高人一等的姿态。；主要用于后接 on 或 upon:详细说明；具体列举。
behave patronizingly; talk down to someone
放下身段做某事；屈尊；(贬义)降低身份。
To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.
以居高临下的态度对待某人；以恩人自居；摆出高人一等的姿态。
To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
主要用于后接 on 或 upon:详细说明；具体列举。
Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.
一般现在时
He condescends to speak to us.
他屈尊和我们说话。
规则动词
She often condescends to her younger colleagues by explaining things they already know.
她经常对年轻同事摆架子，解释他们已经知道的事情。
用法提示：condescends to 在这里表示以恩赐态度对待别人，是动词第三人称单数，义为“摆架子、居高临下”。
The manager condescended to help the staff clean the office after the party.
经理屈尊帮助员工在聚会后打扫办公室。
用法提示：condescended to do something 表示放下身段做自己认为有失身份的事，这里是过去式。
He refused to condescend to cheating just to win the game.
他拒绝为了获胜而自贬身份去作弊。
用法提示：condescend to 后接动名词，表示自贬身份、做出有失尊严的事，这里是动词原形。
表示放下架子做某事，常用于讽刺。
He condescended to help us with the project.
他屈尊帮助我们做这个项目。
表示对某人表现出优越感。
She condescends to her colleagues, treating them like children.
她以高人一等的态度对待同事，把他们当孩子。
表示降低人格做某事，多指道德上低劣的事。
He would never condescend to such a vulgar act.
他绝不会堕落去做如此粗俗的行为。
grammar · medium
易错句子He condescended me by offering a ride.
正确表达He condescended to me by offering a ride.
中文直译'屈尊某人'导致误用及物动词，正确搭配是 condescend to someone，表示'对某人屈尊俯就'。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is condescend to help the poor.
正确表达She condescended to help the poor.
混淆动词原形与形容词形式，condescend是动词，需要根据时态变化，此处应用过去式 condescended。
patronize强调以恩人自居的态度对待他人，而condescend则侧重屈尊俯就的行为或语气。
deign通常用于否定结构，意为‘放下架子做某事’，而condescend更常带贬义，指居高临下的态度。
descend指物理下降或道德沦落，而condescend特指社交中故意降低身份。
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