Deign
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 屈尊, 惠允 ( 做某事)
- ［英］ v. 屈尊, 惠允 ( 做某事) ( to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved ; stoop)
- ［记］ 参考: condescend ( 俯就)
- ［例］ Now that she is married to a rich man she no longer deigns to visit her former friends.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb
- Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French deigner, from Latin dignare, dignari, from dignus worthy — more at decent
- Date: 14th century
- intransitive verb
- to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved ; stoop <would not even deign to talk to him>
- transitive verb
- to condescend to give or offer
