condescend
英 [kɒndɪ'send]
美 [,kɑndɪ'sɛnd]
英語の語源
- condescend (adj.)
- mid-14c., "to yield deferentially," from Old French condescendere (14c.) "to agree, consent, give in, yield," from Late Latin condescendere "to let oneself down," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + descendere "descend" (see descend). Sense of "to sink willingly to equal terms with inferiors" is from mid-15c.
例文
- 1. Don 't condescend to me.
- 私の前で偉そうにしないでください。
- 2.Would you condescend to accompany me？
- 私と一緒にいてくれませんか。
- 3.The Prince of Darkness does not condescend to such cheap drudgery.
- という下賤な使いは、「暗黒の王」の運転手に苦労する必要はない。
- 4.He did not condescend to their society,he seemed glad of it.
- 彼は彼女たちと自分の価値を下げて付き合うのではなく、彼女たちと付き合うのが好きなようだ。
- 5.Edgar，the eldest，would not condescend to him at first.
- 最初は親分のエドガーは彼と戦うことを潔しとしなかった。
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