Word · Frequency #34810
condescending
居高临下地对待;摆架子
condescending is the present participle of condescend.
核心释义
behave patronizingly; talk down to someone
- 1.
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.
- 2.
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.
- 3.
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.
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。
用法In use
She often condescends to her younger colleagues by explaining things they already know.
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.
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.
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。
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。
condescend to sb
表示对某人表现出优越感。
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词族Word family
- condescends
- third person singular
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