condescend
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they condescend | |
| he / she / it condescends | |
| past simple condescended | |
| past participle condescended | |
| -ing form condescending |
- [transitive] condescend to do something (often disapproving)
to do something that you think it is below your social or professional position to do 屈尊；俯就 - [intransitive] condescend to somebody
to behave towards somebody as though you are more important and more intelligent than they are （对某人）表现出优越感
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘give way, defer’): from Old French condescendre, from ecclesiastical Latin condescendere, from con- ‘together’ + descendere ‘descend’.