deign的读音是:英[deɪn]。deign的例句是用作动词(v.)He did not deign to an answer.他不屑置答。deign的意思是v.(有时作贬义或作反语)屈尊;施惠于人;赐予。
一、英英释义点此查看deign的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.屈尊;俯就;降低身份
If you say that someonedeigned to 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.
deign
e.g. At last, Harper deigned to speak...
哈珀终于赏脸开了口。
e.g. Weatherby didn'tdeign to reply.
韦瑟比不屑回答。
三、例句
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。
四、经典引文
Hardly deigning to reply to your timid sentences.
出自:H. BellocLunch-time arrived and still no driver deigned to stop for us.
出自:D. Absedeign的相关近义词
stoop、condescend、consent、agree、yield、concede、give、in、give in、lower oneself、oneself、lower、descend
deign的相关临近词
deism、deify、Deignan、Deigner、Deign thought、deign to examine、Deign of Flanged Slotting Clamp