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condescension的意思
condescension
英 [,knd'senn]
美
- n. 谦虚；屈尊；傲慢态度；纡尊降贵[表不满]
英文词源
- condescension (n.)
- 1640s, from Late Latin condescensionem, noun of action from past participle stem of condescendere (see condescend).
双语例句
- 1. There was a tinge of condescension in her greeting.
- 她的问候中带着一丝傲慢。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His politeness smacks of condescension.
- 他的客气带有屈尊俯就的意味.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Despite its condescension toward the Bennet family, the letter begins to allay Elizabeth's prejudice against Darcy.
- 尽管这封信对班纳特家的态度很高傲, 但它开始消除伊丽莎白对达西的偏见.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. I had never been spontaneously approached by a publisher and such condescension rather turned my head.
- 还从没有一个出版商主动来与我接洽,这种屈尊有点让我受宠若惊.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. If he had, it would have been an act of condescension.
- 如果他那么做了, 那等于是一种屈尊就下的行为.
来自辞典例句