deign

v.（有时作贬义或作反语）屈尊；施惠于人；赐予 过去式：deigned过去分词：deigned现在分词：deigning第三人称单数：deigns

deign

Verb

do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

deign例句

用作动词(v.)

He did not deign to an answer.
他不屑置答。

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。

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。

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。

deign近义词

stoop condescend consent agree yield concede give in give in lower oneself oneself lower descend