condescend
vi. 屈尊,俯就; 故意表示和藹可親
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.
他賞臉開腔後,半個小時內就有三四次說話自相矛盾。
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.
別在我面前擺架子。
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.
我並不屈就於它熱熱鬧鬧的外表.
Carrie smiled genially, grateful that he should condescend to advise her even so much.
"嘉莉溫柔地微微一笑, 很感激他屈尊賜教,給她提供那麼多忠告.
I never thought he would condescend to betraying his friends.
我萬萬沒有想到他會不惜出賣朋友.
The person such grace and such beauty condescend to waste itself on such a pursuit.
這麼優美,這麼豔麗的人兒竟然墮落下去,把自身的精力浪費在這樣的事情上!
The Prince of Darkness does not condescend to such cheap drudgery.
這種下賤的差使,根本用不著勞“黑暗之王”的大駕.