(vt)ยอมทำ ในลักษณะที่ผู้ทำคิดว่าตนเองอยู่ในระดับทางสังคมหรือตำแหน่งหน้าที่ที่สูงกว่า แต่ยอมลดตัวลงมาทำสิ่งที่อยู่ในระดับที่ต่ำกว่า เช่น I had to wait almost two hours before he condescended to see us. ฉันต้องรอเกือบสองชั่วโมง กว่าเขาจะยอมออกมาพบฉัน, Syn.deign
(vi)ปฏิบัติตนกับผู้อื่นในลักษณะที่คิดว่าตนเองสำคัญหรือฉลาดกว่า เช่น When giving a talk, be careful not to condescend to your audience. เวลาที่พูด ระวังอย่าพูดในลักษณะที่คิดว่าตนเองสำคัญหรือฉลาดกว่าผู้ฟัง
English-Thai: NECTEC'sLexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]NECTEC Lexitron Dictionary EN-TH
[对 / 對, duì, ㄉㄨㄟˋ]couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right#21[Add to Longdo]
[套, tào, ㄊㄠˋ]cover; sheath; to encase; a case; to overlap; to interleave; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); harness; classifier for sets, collections; tau (Greek letter Ττ)#616[Add to Longdo]
[反, fǎn, ㄈㄢˇ]contrary; in reverse; inside-out or upside-down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切 phonetic system#1006[Add to Longdo]
[方便, fāng biàn, ㄈㄤ ㄅㄧㄢˋ]convenient; to help out; to make things easy for people; convenience; suitable; having money to spare; (euphemism) to go to the toilet#1579[Add to Longdo]
[转而 / 轉而, zhuǎn ér, ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄦˊ]conversely; but rather; to turn and (address a topic, face attackers etc); to turn against sb; to turn one's thoughts back to; to come around (to a point of view)#13004[Add to Longdo]
[koto](prt) (1) (particle always used at sentence-end) particle indicating a command; (2) (fem) (often as ことね) particle indicating mild enthusiasm; (3) particle indicating a gentle interrogative; (4) (at sentence end as ことよ) particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion#21[Add to Longdo]
[ひと, hito](suf) (1) -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality); -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation); (2) (usu. in compound words) man; person; people; (P)#49[Add to Longdo]
[ぐん(P);こおり, gun (P); koori](n) (1) (ぐん only) district; county; (2) (See 国郡里制) district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period); (P)#135[Add to Longdo]
[もく, moku](n) (1) (biological) order; (2) item (of a budget revision, etc.); (ctr) (3) (See 囲碁) counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)#185[Add to Longdo]
[だいがく, daigaku](n) (1) (See 総合大学) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (2) (abbr) (See 大学寮, 国学・こくがく・2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); (3) (See 四書) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books; (P)#195[Add to Longdo]
[みず, mizu](n) (1) (See 湯・ゆ・1) water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; (3) flood; floodwaters; (4) (See 力水) water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout; (5) (See 水入り) break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout; (P)#197[Add to Longdo]
[tari (P); dari](prt) (1) (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb) expresses a command; (aux-v) (4) (たり only) (arch) (from とあり) (See たる) (after a noun) to be; (5) (たり only) (arch) (from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (P)#213[Add to Longdo]
[けい, kei](n, n-suf) (1) system; lineage; group; (2) { math } corollary; (3) (geological) system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (4) (taxonomical) series; (P)#222[Add to Longdo]
[きろく, kiroku](n) (1) record; minutes; document; (2) a record (e.g. in sports); results; score; (vs) (3) to record; to document; (4) to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value; (P)#243[Add to Longdo]
[つち(P);つし(地), tsuchi (P); tsushi ( chi )](n) (1) earth; soil; dirt; (2) the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land; (3) (See 鳥の子紙) low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (4) (also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌) (See 陰陽道) (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On'youdou); (P)#252[Add to Longdo]
[はた, hata](n) (1) chance; opportunity; (2) machine; (3) aircraft; (ctr) (4) counter for aircraft; (5) counter for remaining lives (in video games)#270[Add to Longdo]
[だい, dai](n, n-suf) (1) charge; cost; price; (2) (See 台・だい・6) generation; age; reign; (3) (geological) era; (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); (5) (See 代表電話番号) used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; (ctr) (6) (See 台・だい・6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); (8) (abbr) (See 代理申請会社) proxy application company#376[Add to Longdo]
[さんしょう, sanshou](n, vs) reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out; (P)#418[Add to Longdo]
[yo](prt) (1) (at sentence end) indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; (2) (after a noun) used when calling out to someone; (3) (in mid-sentence) used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; (int) (4) yo!; (P)#441[Add to Longdo]
[ね, ne](n) (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)#443[Add to Longdo]
[demo](conj) (1) but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; (prt) (2) even; (3) however; no matter how; even if; even though; (4) ... or something; (5) (as 〜でも〜でも) either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; (pref) (6) (before an occupation, etc.) pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; (7) (before an occupation, etc.) (See でもしか) for lack of anything better to do; (P)#474[Add to Longdo]
[そのほか(P);そのた, sonohoka (P); sonota](n-adv, conj) (そのた is more the written form) etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth; (P)#481[Add to Longdo]
[めん, men](n) (1) face; (2) mask; face guard; (3) { MA } (in kendo) striking the head; (4) surface (esp. a geometrical surface); (5) page; (n, suf) (6) aspect; facet; side; (7) chamfer; (ctr) (8) counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game; (P)#530[Add to Longdo]
[で, de](n, n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon); (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (3) start; beginning; (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (5) architectural member that projects outward; (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (7) (uk) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (P)#632[Add to Longdo]
[たいおう, taiou](n, vs) (1) interaction; correspondence; coping with; dealing with; support; (2) { comp } software support; ability of a computer system to run specific software; (P)#670[Add to Longdo]
[じ, ji](n) (1) Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations); (2) nickname; (3) section of a village#676[Add to Longdo]
[さいご, saigo](n, adj-no) (1) last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; (exp) (2) (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); (3) (arch) (See 最期) one's final moments; (P)#683[Add to Longdo]
[まさ, masa](n, n-pref) (1) (See 従・じゅ) greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior; (2) (しょう only) (See 長官・かみ) director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief; (pref) (3) (しょう only) (before a number) exactly; precisely#784[Add to Longdo]
[ひとかた, hitokata](n) (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; (conj) (2) (See 他方・2) on the one hand; on the other hand; (3) whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn; (n-adv, n-suf) (4) (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only; (P)#802[Add to Longdo]
[tomo](prt) (1) certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; (2) even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; (3) (with neg. verb) without even; without so much as; (4) (after an adverb) (See 遅くとも) at the (least, earliest, etc.); (5) (sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と) (See と・1, と・2, と・3, と・4) emphatic particle; (P)#841[Add to Longdo]
[つい, tsui](n, conj) (1) opposite; opposition; (2) versus; vs; (3) to (i.e. "we won the game five to three"); (4) equal footing; equal terms; (5) against ...; anti-; toward ...; to ...; (P)#879[Add to Longdo]
[ふくむ(P);くくむ, fukumu (P); kukumu](v5m, vt) (1) to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace; (2) (See 口に含む) to hold in the mouth; (3) to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour; (4) to express (emotion, etc.); to imply; (P)#901[Add to Longdo]
[しどう, shidou](n, vs) (1) leadership; guidance; coaching; (2) shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo); (P)#1008[Add to Longdo]
[つかう, tsukau](v5u, vt) (1) to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; (2) (See 人使い) to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; (3) to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; (4) (See 言葉遣い) to use (language); to speak; (5) (id) to take (one's lunch); to circulate (bad money); (P)#1049[Add to Longdo]
[れんらく, renraku](vs, adj-no) (1) (See ご連絡) to contact; to get in touch; (n) (2) contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message; (3) connection; coordination; junction; (adj-no) (4) intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial; (P)#1171[Add to Longdo]
[みる, miru](v1, vt) (1) to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; (2) (See 診る) to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; (3) (uk) (See 看る) to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; (4) (usu. 観る) to view (e.g. flowers, movie); (5) (uk) (usu. after a conative verb as 〜てみる) to try; (6) (uk) (usu. after an aconative verb as 〜てみると, 〜てみれば, 〜てみたら, etc.) to see that...; to find that...; (P)#1172[Add to Longdo]
[せいりつ, seiritsu](n) (1) coming into existence; arrangements; establishment; conclusion; completion; (vs) (2) to come into existence; to be true; to hold (i.e. hold true); (P)#1233[Add to Longdo]