音标:[deɪnz] ;
v. 屈尊, 俯就( deign的第三人称单数 )
v do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

deign的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. He did not deign to an answer.他不屑置答。
  2. Now that she is rich and famous, she does not deign to visit her former friends.既然她现在又有钱又出名,便再也不愿屈尊去看望从前的朋友了。
  3. At times he might even deign to speak to them.有些时候,他也以恩赐的神情同他们谈谈话。
  4. 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。

经典引文

  • Hardly deigning to reply to your timid sentences.

    出自:H. Belloc
  • Lunch-time arrived and still no driver deigned to stop for us.

    出自:D. Abse
【近义词】

Why Did I Laugh Tonight? No Voice Will Tell: Why did I laugh tonight? No voice will tell: No God, no Demon of severe response, Deigns to reply from Heaven or from Hell. Then to my human heart I turn at once. Heart! Thou and I are here, sad and alone;

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Yamashita makes hundreds of prisoners line up in perfect order so impressive and humiliating review. 山下让数百名战俘排成完美整齐的队伍进行着令人叹为观止却极尽羞辱能事的检阅仪式 Yamashita indulges in a civil salu

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