deign
英 [deɪn]
美 [deɪn]
v. 屈尊，俯就，降低身份(做某事)
过去式：deigned 过去分词：deigned 第三人称单数：deigns 现在分词：deigning 复数：deigns
BNC.24312 / COCA.23426
牛津词典
verb
- 屈尊，俯就，降低身份（做某事）
to do sth in a way that shows you think you are too important to do it- She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page.
她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
- She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 屈尊;俯就;降低身份
If you say that someonedeignedto 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...
哈珀终于赏脸开了口。 - Weatherby didn't deign to reply.
韦瑟比不屑回答。
- At last, Harper deigned to speak...
英英释义
verb
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
双语例句
- In Brazil, most people would not deign to be garbage collectors.
在巴西，多数人不愿降低身份去收垃圾。 - Weatherby didn't deign to reply.
韦瑟比不屑回答。 - You only deign to work.
而你只是屈尊来工作。 - At last, Harper deigned to speak
哈珀终于赏脸开了口。 - Symphony orchestras should absolutely do more concerts of this nature, if they can deign to accept them.
绝对应该有更多的交响乐团来做类似的演出，如果他们肯屈尊这么做的话。 - He doesn't deign to acknowledge his old friends.
他连老朋友也不理了。 - In compensation trade payment is made by goods and not by for deign exchange.
在补偿贸易中，付款以货物而不是用外汇进行。 - Almighty lord, deign to grant peace to the departed soul.
万能的神啊，请让逝去的灵魂安息吧。 - Until the day when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in two words& wait and hope.
在上帝为我们揭示未来之前，人类所有的智慧都包含在这两个词中――等待和希望。 - Special deign is the maze-design subassembly to prevent leakage.
特别的是有迷宫式组件来防止泄漏。