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condescend 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˌkändəˈsend/,
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condescends, 3rd person singular present; condescended, past tense; condescended, past participle; condescending, present participle;
  1. Show feelings of superiority; be patronizing
    • - take care not to condescend to your reader
  2. 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
  1. behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
  2. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  3. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
  4. (condescending) arch: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
  5. (condescension) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
  6. (condescension) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
  7. (condescension) affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank; "the queen's condescension was intended to make us feel comfortable"
  8. (Condescension(single)) single from deviant
  9. To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something); To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone); To consent, agree; To come down
  10. (condescension) The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors. ^syn
  11. (Condescending) Implying superior stature. Synonyms include patronizing, snobbish, and arrogant.
  12. (condescending) talking down to someone; acting superior to another person
  13. (Condescension) Unrepentant deceivers lowering themselves enough to smell what they believe is the stench of their sheople; they've been in the cesspool for so long that they don't recognize that what they find so repugnant is the innocent cleanliness of those they shear, kill and eat; it's ...
  14. to state the facts. Condescendance, a summary of the facts in a legal proceeding.
  15. Be gracious to someone of lower status.
  16. graciously consent to do something while showing superiority