Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense deigns, present participle deigning, past tense, past participle deigned
VERB 屈尊;俯就;降低身份 If you say that someone deigned to 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. 屈尊;俯就;降低身份 [formal, disapproval]
At last, Harper deigned to speak. [VERB to-infinitive]
哈珀终于赏脸开了口。
Weatherby didn't deign to reply. [VERB to-infinitive]