| 词汇 | talk-down-to |
| 释义 | talk down to someonephrasal verb with talkverb[ I ]uk /tɔːk/ us /tɑːk/ to talk to someone as if they are less intelligent than you or not important: 以居高临下的语气对（某人）说话 I wish politicians wouldn't talk down to us as if we were idiots.我希望政客们不要以那种居高临下的语气跟我们讲话，好像我们都是白痴似的。 Showing arrogance and conceit (as) proud as Luciferidiom airs and gracesidiom arrogant arrogantly as if you owned the placeidiom egoistic egoistically egomaniacal egomaniacally egotistic patronizing patronizingly pomposity pompous pompously swaggerer swollen head swollen-headed think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom throw your weight aroundidiom talk down to someone | American Dictionarytalk down to someonephrasal verb with talkverb[ I/T ]us/tɔk/ to speak to someone in a simple way, as if the person cannot understand things as well as you can: Our history teacher never talks down to us. talk down to sb | Business Englishtalk down to sbphrasal verb with talkverb[ I ]uk /tɔːk/us to talk to someone as if they were less important than you: Secretarial staff are most likely to be talked down to. |
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