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condescend    音标拼音: [k,ɑndɪs'ɛnd]
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condescend
v 1: behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
2: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[synonym: {condescend}, {deign}, {descend}]
3: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or
dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's
mail" [synonym: {condescend}, {stoop}, {lower oneself}]
4: treat condescendingly [synonym: {patronize}, {patronise},
{condescend}]

Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condescended};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Condescending}.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- descendere. See {Descend}.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low
estate." --Rom. xii. 16.
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Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
--Dryden.
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Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.

Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
[1913 Webster] Condescendence


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  • CONDESCEND Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The verb condescend used to be free of any hint of the offensive superiority it usually suggests today It could mean literally "to go or come down" or, figuratively, "to willingly lower oneself to another’s level," senses that are still occasionally encountered in writings on the Bible
  • CONDESCEND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    To condescend demonstrated an easy-going flexibility of temperament, a willingness to compromise Condescension came primarily to signify self-promotion at another's cost; to condescend was to assert one's own superiority in a way that degraded others
  • CONDESCEND Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Condescend definition: to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity See examples of CONDESCEND used in a sentence
  • Condescend - definition of condescend by The Free Dictionary
    1 to behave as if one is descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity 2 to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts 3 to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior
  • CONDESCEND definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If someone condescends to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it He condescended to speak but he contradicted himself [VERB to-infinitive]
  • condescend verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of condescend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • Condescend Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    CONDESCEND meaning: 1 : to show that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people; 2 : to do something that you usually do not do because you believe you are too important to do it usually followed by to + verb
  • CONDESCENDING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The verb condescend used to be free of any hint of the offensive superiority it usually suggests today It could mean literally "to go or come down" or, figuratively, "to willingly lower oneself to another’s level," senses that are still occasionally encountered in writings on the Bible
  • condescend - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended) (intransitive) (obsolete) To come down or go down; to descend quotations
  • condescend - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
    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





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