condescension

UK:  [.kɒndɪ'senʃ(ə)n]

US:  [.kɑndə'senʃ(ə)n]

n.

1.谦虚

2.屈尊;恩赐[高高在上]态度

3.屈尊俯就,屈尊就下

4.优越感,俯就观点

5.宽容心情

6.殷勤

7.堕落

1 . He meant to ridicule the England of his own day, and in particular the kind of English condescension represented by Matthew Arnold.
他想嘲笑他那个时代的英国，特别是马修·阿诺德所代表的那种英国优越感。

2 . This time there was to be no sanitiser and none of the condescension that Obama complained of on the first occasion.
这次将不再有消毒剂，也不再会有奥巴马所抱怨的他们初次见面时那种恩赐一样的态度。

3 . I even took advantage of his condescension to the extent of getting a contribution, Yama's Dog, from him for the Bharabi.
我甚至充分利用了他的这种屈尊俯就，从他那里为《婆罗蒂》拿到一篇文稿《阎王的狗》。

4 . I had never been spontaneously approached by a publisher and such condescension rather turned my head.
还从没有一个出版商主动来与我接洽，这种屈尊有点让我受宠若惊。

5 . And, now, let me give you a further instance of her Ladyship's extraordinary condescension.
现在让我再给你举一个夫人她极其谦和的例子吧