condescend
英[kɒndɪ'send]
美[,kɑndɪ'sɛnd]
- vi. 屈尊;谦逊
英英释意
- 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. treat condescendingly