condescend
vi. 屈尊,俯就; 故意表示和蔼可亲
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.
When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.
他赏脸开腔后,半个小时内就有三四次说话自相矛盾。
If you say that someone condescends to other people, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
Don't condescend to me.
别在我面前摆架子。
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;
4. treat condescendingly
I don't condescend to boisterous displays of it.
我并不屈就于它热热闹闹的外表.
Carrie smiled genially, grateful that he should condescend to advise her even so much.
"嘉莉温柔地微微一笑, 很感激他屈尊赐教,给她提供那么多忠告.
I never thought he would condescend to betraying his friends.
我万万没有想到他会不惜出卖朋友.
The person such grace and such beauty condescend to waste itself on such a pursuit.
这么优美,这么艳丽的人儿竟然堕落下去,把自身的精力浪费在这样的事情上!
The Prince of Darkness does not condescend to such cheap drudgery.
这种下贱的差使,根本用不着劳“黑暗之王”的大驾.