英语词汇“condescend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

con·de·scend

(kŏn′dĭ-sĕnd)

intr.v. con·de·scend·ed, con·de·scend·ing, con·de·scends

1. To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself. See Synonyms at stoop¹.

2. To behave in a patronizing or superior manner toward someone: Viewed as a popularizer more than a scholar, he was condescended to by his academic colleagues.

[Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see COM- + dēscendere, to descend; see DESCEND.]

con′de·scender n.

单词	condescend
释义	con·de·scend (kŏn′dĭ-sĕnd) intr.v. con·de·scend·ed, con·de·scend·ing, con·de·scends 1. To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself. See Synonyms at stoop¹. 2. To behave in a patronizing or superior manner toward someone: Viewed as a popularizer more than a scholar, he was condescended to by his academic colleagues. [Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see COM- + dēscendere, to descend; see DESCEND.] con′de·scender n.
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