查询词典 condescending

Madame," said the Viscount of Morcerf, advancing towards the countess,"yesterday you were so condescending as to promise me a galop; I am rather late in claiming this gracious promise, but here is my friend, whose character for veracity you well know, and he will assure you the delay arose from no fault of mine.

夫人，马尔塞夫子爵走上前去对伯爵夫人说，"昨天蒙您恩宠，答应和我跳一次极乐舞，我现在来请求您兑现这个厚意的许诺，但我的朋友在这儿，他为人的诚实您是知道得很清楚的，他可以向您保证，这次迟到并不是我的错。"

Be courteous to the wise and condescending to scholars; be considerate and kind to men of talent; go out of one's way to enlist the services of the talented and the learned; honour worthy men of letters; treat worthy men with courtesy

成语礼：以礼相待；对待有礼貌；贤：指贤士；有美德、有才能的人；下：谦居于别人之下；以示对人尊敬；士：旧指有知识学问的人。

Come in, Mr Dance,' says he, very stately and condescending. 'Good-evening, Dance,' says the doctor, with a nod.

乡绅和利弗西医生手里拿着烟斗，分坐在火焰明亮的壁炉两旁。

Others say we are too often condescending and imperialistic, seeking only to expand our power at the expense of others.

另有些人说我们过于经常地表现为盛气凌人，专横傲慢，只谋求扩张我们的势力，而牺牲别人的利益。

Returning to civilian life in 1949, Sir Harry attended a lecture by a rather condescending executive (your reviewer's father) from the ineffably superior Manchester Guardian, who grandly informed his audience that it was not possible to explain world events without a knowledge of politics and economics gained from reading the likes of Macaulay and Keynes.

1949年重返平民生活后，哈罗德爵士参加了一位来自《曼彻斯特卫报》相当谦逊的主管的报告会，他告诉他的听众，如果没有通过阅读麦考利和凯恩斯等类似人的著作而获得的政治和经济学知识，是不可能解释世界事件的。

"A fine day for the road," the drow remarked lightheartedly, but his tone was strained, condescending, Wulfgar noted.

崔斯特只有五英尺多一点，而沃夫加差不多有七英尺，而且体重是卓尔精灵的两倍以上。

It could have turned out to be a "Disneyesque" melodrama sickeningly condescending in its portrayal of the villagers. Conversely, it could have been a lugubrious nationalist "epic," turning the villagers into puppet Victims of American Imperialism, climaxing with interminable shots of the Korean soldiers mowing down American paratroopers with machine guns, blood and guts splurging in slow motion. It could have been one of those "message" films in which the soldiers learn the true meaning of Peace by being assimilated into a Korean Shangri-la, its characters breaking out into song-and-dance numbers in between sage exchanges dispensing fortune-cookie "Eastern" wisdoms.

它有可能成为一部表现村民的愚昧无知的令人作呕的迪斯尼风格的情节剧；或者它也可能成为一部悲惨的民族主义"史诗"，把村民塑造成美帝国主义的傀儡牺牲品，高潮部分是美国伞兵在朝鲜士兵不停的机枪扫射中死去，充斥着鲜血和肉搏的慢镜头；或者它也可能成为众多"教育"片之一，士兵们到了韩国的香格里拉，体会到了和平的真正意义，主人公满嘴不着边际的说着先哲的"东方"智慧。

The time has come to turn away from the condescending policies of paternalism.

如今已到了扬弃那种家长制的降格相求政策的时刻。

For example, if you talk to others as if you were a teacher and they students, they may perceive that your way of talking frames as condescending or pedantic.

例如，如果你和别人谈话，你假定自己是老师，而他人是学生的话，他们会感觉到你以高人一等或是卖弄学问的方式去和他们谈话。

When the decision can help a company, but so not may good to oneself, he can choose to respect this decision, is not to choose to do a few very play the peacock, but not large to company help issue. The 2nd, condescending.

当一个决定可以帮助公司，但对自己可能不那么好，他会选择尊重这个决定，而不是选择做一些很炫耀自己，但对公司帮助不大的事情。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。