deigned

英 [deɪnd]

美 [deɪnd]

v.  屈尊，俯就，降低身份(做某事)
deign的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• The king deigned to read my letter.
  国王俯允读我的信。
• : The seismic monitoring system is set up to preserve the 10MW High Temperature Reactor running normally or can be safely shut-down under the seismic status. The system is deigned for unattended station.
  为了保障地震发生时10MW高温气冷实验堆（HTR-10）的正常运行和安全停堆，设置了地震监测系统。
• So you've deigned to join us.
  那么你屈尊加入了我们的行列。
• I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance.
  我驯服地坐下来，清了清嗓子，又跟阿谁恶女人打号召，而此次，她屈尊动了动她辫子的最末稍，暗示接管我为熟人。
• She spoke out about all of it, though the ANC seldom deigned to notice or reply.
  她大胆地说出了这些情况，然而非洲人国民大会很少赏脸给予注意和回复。
• Sally took an old quilt out there to fashion a cozy nest, and Lucy deigned to take her ease upon it.
  莎莉拿一条旧被去，为她铺成一个舒适的窝，露西居然赏脸，在那上面休息。
• Neither of the two men deigned to answer her question.
  二位男人都不蒙回答她的问题。
• She deigned no further reply.
  她不再屈尊作答了。
• Mandy was the only person who deigned to speak to him.
  曼迪是唯一一个肯屈尊跟他说话的人。
• Ken's answers were always in single syllables if he even deigned to say anything at all.
  如果他甚至蒙全然说任何事，肯恩的答案总是在单一音节中。