condescend
/kon-duh-send/US // ˌkɒn dəˈsɛnd //UK // (ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd) //
屈尊降贵,屈尊俯就,居高临下,屈尊
Related Words
vouchsafe担保人,担保安全,担保,保证安全accord给予,洽洽,洽商,给予的submit提交,递交,呈交,呈报acquiesce默许,默认,认同,认可grant授予,补助金,资助,赠与oblige强迫,义务,强迫性,迫使yield产量,屈服,收益,收益率accommodate适应,容纳,适应性,适应环境favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠concede让步,认输,承认,认输吧descend下来,下降,下去,降下deign设计,尊严agree同意,赞同,赞成,答应comply遵守,遵从,遵守规定,符合规定bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯unbend松开,松动,解开,松开手high hat高帽子,高帽,礼帽see fit见合,看准时机,看好,见谅talk down to嘴上说说,嘴上说说看,嘴上说说而已,嘴硬
Definitions
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
- : to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts.
- : to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior: He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood.
- : Obsolete. to yield.to assent.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbstoop, humble oneself
Forms: condescending, condescends
Synonyms
accommodate适应,容纳,适应性,适应环境accord给予,洽洽,洽商,给予的acquiesce默许,默认,认同,认可agree同意,赞同,赞成,答应bend弯曲,弯曲的,拐弯处,折弯comply遵守,遵从,遵守规定,符合规定concede让步,认输,承认,认输吧deign设计,尊严descend下来,下降,下去,降下favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠grant授予,补助金,资助,赠与oblige强迫,义务,强迫性,迫使submit提交,递交,呈交,呈报unbend松开,松动,解开,松开手vouchsafe担保人,担保安全,担保,保证安全yield产量,屈服,收益,收益率be courteous有礼,有礼貌,有礼有节,有礼貌的come down off high horse下马,下来吧,下马威,下马吧degrade oneself贬低自己,堕落自己,堕落的自己,自贬身价demean oneself贬低自己,贬损自己,贬低自己的身份,贬低自己的形象high hat高帽子,高帽,礼帽lower oneself降低自己,自卑,低头,低下身子see fit见合,看准时机,看好,见谅talk down to嘴上说说,嘴上说说看,嘴上说说而已,嘴硬toss a few crumbs抛撒一些面包屑,抛出一些面包屑,扔掉一些面包屑,抛出一些碎屑
Antonyms
contradict驳斥,抵触,违背,违背了decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认disagree不同意,不认同,不赞同,不赞成disallow不允许,不容许,不允许使用,不允许有disapprove不赞成,不赞同,不认可,不同意disobey违抗,违抗命令,违拗,违逆dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执dissent异议,持不同意见,反对意见,异见fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗hinder阻碍,妨碍,碍,阻碍因素oppose反对,反对派,反对的,反对者prevent防止,预防,阻止,避免protest抗议,抗議,示威,抗诉refuse拒绝,拒收,拒绝接受,拒不接受reject拒绝,拒绝接受,拒收,驳回resist抵制,抗拒,抗争,抵抗veto否决权,否决票,否决,反对票withhold扣留,隐瞒,隐瞒不报,隐匿rise above超越,高过,超越自我,超越了
Examples
Steward says what persuaded him to get the shot was clear facts presented in a way that wasn’t condescending.
European leaders even more obviously condescend to him and Angela Merkel is not longer holding back about settlements.
"I wouldn't condescend to be mean, Laura," put in Lady Margaret, whilst the dowager fanned her hot face.
“If you will condescend to explain the frying-pan I may perhaps relieve you from the fire,” said Selby with emphasis.
It will be quite all right for you to offer me a cup of tea, if your kitchen mechanic will condescend.
It went perforce to the ragman, if he would condescend to accept it.
They might condescend to drop me a courtesy, and then—anarchy, as before.
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