condescend

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condescend
- IPA[ˌkändəˈsend]
美式
- v.
  
  show feelings of superiority; be patronizing；do something in a haughty way, as though it is below one's dignity or level of importance
- verb: condescend, 3rd person present: condescends, gerund or present participle: condescending, past tense: condescended, past participle: condescended
- 釋義
v.
動詞
1. show feelings of superiority; be patronizing take care not to condescend to your reader 同義詞 patronize, treat condescendingly, speak condescendingly to, speak haughtily to, talk down to, ... 更多look down one's nose at, look down on, put down, be snobbish to反義詞 respect
▪ do something in a haughty way, as though it is below one's dignity or level of importance we'll be waiting for twenty minutes before she condescends to appear 同義詞 deign, stoop, descend, lower oneself, humble oneself, ... 更多demean oneself, debase oneself, vouchsafe, think fit, see fit, deem it worthy of oneself, consent, informalcome down from one's high horse
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condescend
IPA[ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd]
英式
v.
show that one feels superior; be patronizing: take care not to condescend to your reader
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