deigned是什么意思？

deigned

• v. 屈尊，俯就( deign的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• Carrie scarcely deigned to reply. 嘉莉不屑回答.
• Carrie deigned no suggestion of hearing this. 嘉莉不屑一听.
• At last, Harper deigned to speak. 哈珀终于赏脸开了口。
• At last, Harper deigned to speak... 哈珀终于赏脸开了口。

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。