deign
vi. 屈尊,俯就
If you say that someone deigned to do something, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they did it unwillingly, because they thought they were too important to do it.
At last, Harper deigned to speak...
哈珀終於賞臉開了口。
Weatherby didn't deign to reply.
韋瑟比不屑回答。
1. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
They would never deign to notice me.
他們決不會屈尊來注意我.
He doesn't deign to acknowledge his old friends.
他連老朋友也不理了.
Welcome wholeheartedly new and old customers in the world your patronage, deign to inquire, direct.
竭誠歡迎世界各地的新老客戶惠顧 、 垂詢 、 指導!
I think you may deign to marry me . I don't want to be an Adonis.
你要屈尊下嫁,我可不想當小白臉兒.
Now that she is rich and famous, she does not deign to visit her former friends.
既然她現在又有錢又出名, 便再也不願屈尊去看望從前的朋友了.