His condescending attitude really gets my back up. 他那种居高临下的恩赐态度实在使我很生气。
I don't like Mrs Smith; she's condescending. 我不喜欢史密斯夫人,她总是自以为高人一等。
Penny's condescending manner really gets under my skin. 彭尼那种以恩赐态度对待别人的样子真的把激怒了。
condescending
[ adj ] (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension <adj.all>
Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condescended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condescending}.] [F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See {Descend}.] 1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. ``Condescend to men of low estate.'' --Rom. xii. 16.
Can they think me so broken, so debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does condescend, On these conditions, to become your friend. --Dryden.
Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of superiority.
Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. --F. W. Robinson.
2. To consent. [Obs.]
All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R. Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
condescending \condescending\ adj. exhibiting an attitude of superiority; patronizing; -- used of behavior or attitude.
Syn: arch, patronizing. [WordNet 1.5]
Some of its stylised versions of gangland chants are trite - a simplistic effort to understand the gang mentality that sounds in fact condescending.
Then later, when he was starting to write "The Fortunate Pilgrim," he "felt a condescending pity" toward them, because their lives were so pinched they "could not afford to dream."
Your political position was defined by whether you preferred the derogatory 'kaffir', the condescending 'native', apartheid's 'bantu' or the civilised 'African'.
We had a partner who couldn't have been more condescending.