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 duchess deigned to shake my hands.
公爵夫人屈尊和我握了手。
That ever deigned to bloom.
可它注定永不开放。
At the small scale, micro EI are deigned to deliver the ecological services from the regional EI into the urban fabric.
在微观尺度上，通过地段设计，将区域EI的生态服务功能导引入城市肌理，并以此为基础，形成独特的城市土地利用模式。
A conclusion can be reached: the embedded network protocol, which is deigned by this paper, is successfully run in μ C/ OS-ⅱ. It is feasible to use this system deigned by this paper to develop network application.
从实验结果可以得出结论：本课题所设计的嵌入式网络协议栈已经成功地运行在μC/OS-Ⅱ操作系统中；使用本课题所设计的系统作为网络应用程序的开发平台是可行的。
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。
At least Mr Putin had deigned to see the prime minister, and British officials think Mr Putin will resume his old post of president next year.
至少，普金屈尊接见了卡梅伦首相。而且英国官员认为普京将在明年重新竞选他以前的职位&总统。
Both changed colour, one looked white, the other red. Mr. Wickham, after a few moments, touched his hat& a salutation which Mr. Darcy just deigned to return.
两个人都变了脸色，一个惨白，一个通红，过了一会儿，韦翰先生按了按帽子，达西先生勉强回了一下礼。
He was reminded of van gogh's the starry night, which he had never deigned to give a thought but now understood.
他想起了梵高的《星夜》，以前他一直对那种画不屑一顾：而现在他懂了。
Coincidentally, or not, Beijing has deigned to allow Taiwan observer status at the World Health Organisation's annual assembly, dropping its customary objection to the attendance of an island state it considers a mere province of China.
巧合的是（或者并非巧合），北京已惠允台湾以观察员的身份出席世界卫生组织（WHO）年度大会，放弃了反对它认为只是自己一个省份的台湾参加该大会的一贯姿态。
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。