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  3. /condescend

condescend

🇬🇧 UK/.kɒndi'send/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To behave as if one is superior to others; to do something one considers beneath one's dignity.

屈尊俯就,摆出高人一等的姿态

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
contogether, with
+
dedown, away, reversal
+
scendclimb, rise, go up
=condescend

Common Collocations

  • 1.condescend to屈尊

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She didn't condescend to answer his rude remarks.

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