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　

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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
  1. 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。

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.
  1. At last, Harper deigned to speak...
     哈珀终于赏脸开了口。
  2. Weatherby didn't deign to reply.
     韦瑟比不屑回答。

英英释义

verb

• do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  Synonym:condescenddescend

双语例句

• 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。
• Wouldn't deign to greet the servant who opened the door.
  不愿降低身份向开门的仆人打招呼。
• Special deign is the maze-design subassembly to prevent leakage of circumfluence.
  特别的是由一个迷宫式组件来防止少数的液体回漏。
• Based on the requirements of design, my aim is to select some parts just like axle-bearing, bond reasonably, and deign the apartment of transformer.
  根据设计需求，设计出了变向器装置，并合理地选择了轴承、键等配套零部件。
• And when finally some clerk does deign to notice you, you are made to feel as if you were interrupting him.
  当终于有个售货员肯屈尊理你，那样子又让你感觉像是打扰了他｡
• Of course, no such discussions took place. Political leaders of the developed countries did not speak frankly with their own citizens, nor did they deign to negotiate with the poorer countries.
  当然，这种谈判并未出现。发达国家政治领导人没有与本国国民进行坦率的对话，他们也没有屈尊与较贫穷国家谈判。
• Considerations in the Deign of Spray Nozzle and Pipe Network of Automatic Sprinkler System FAS ( Fire-fighting Automation System), includes automatic fire alarm system and sprinkler system.
  自动喷水灭火系统喷头和管网的设计与思考FAS消防自动化系统，自动火灾报警、动喷淋系统。
• Weatherby didn't deign to reply.
  韦瑟比不屑回答。
• 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。
• In system deign, debugging for the design becomes increasingly difficult and designers want more efficient and high-performance verification and debugging solutions.
  在系统设计中，硬件复杂电路设计的调试与仿真工作对于设计者来说十分困难。