deign是什么意思？

deign

英[deɪn] 美[den]

• vi. 屈尊，俯就；

第三人称单数：deigns;

过去式：deigned;

过去分词：deigned;

现在分词：deigning;

例句

• He doesn’t deign to talk to unimportant people like me. 他不肯屈尊和像我这样不重要的人说话。
• I fear my Julia will not deign my lines. 我担心我的朱莉亚不会欣然接受我的书信.
• He doesn't deign to talk to unimportant people like me. 他不肯屈尊和像我这样不重要的人说话.
• I think you may deign to marry me . I don't want to be an Adonis. 你要屈尊下嫁,我可不想当小白脸儿.
• Weatherby didn't deign to reply. 韦瑟比不屑回答。

同义词

• vi.
  deign的同义词之：屈尊俯就
  concede, oneself, give, stoop, yield, condescend, in, lower,
• deign的同义词之：其他释义
  yield, stoop, in, concede, give,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  屈尊;俯就;降低身份
  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.
  例句
  At last, Harper deigned to speak... 哈珀终于赏脸开了口。 Weatherby didn't deign to reply. 韦瑟比不屑回答。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  屈尊,俯就
  He passed by without deigning to look at me. 他走过去不屑看我一眼。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity