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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
condescending — present participle of condescend
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居高临下地对待；摆架子
behave patronizingly; talk down to someone
He condescended to help us with the project.
他屈尊帮助我们做这个项目。
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.
condescend
Base
原形
condescends
3rd person
第三人称单数
condescending
-ing
现在分词
condescended
Past
过去式
condescended
Past participle
过去分词
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
He condescended me by offering a ride.
Use this
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'。
Not this
She is condescend to help the poor.
Use this
She condescended to help the poor.
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