| 单词 | condescend |
| 释义 | condescend[ kon-duh-send ] / ˌkɒn dəˈsɛnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR condescend ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object)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.
Origin of condescend1300–50; Middle English condescenden<Late Latin condēscendere (see con-, descend); replacing Middle English condescendre<Middle French OTHER WORDS FROM condescendcon·des·cend·er, con·des·cend·ent, nounWords nearby condescendcondensed matter, condensed-matter physics, condensed milk, condenser, condensing osteitis, condescend, condescendence, condescending, condescension, condign, condignity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for condescendBritish Dictionary definitions for condescendcondescend / (ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd) / verb (intr)to act graciously towards another or others regarded as being on a lower level; behave patronizingly to do something that one regards as below one's dignity Word Origin for condescendC14: from Church Latin condēscendere to stoop, condescend, from Latin dēscendere to descend Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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