Deign or Reign?

總統大選 紐約時報的專欄名家的標題和文筆極辛辣之能事

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Deign or Reign?
By MAUREEN DOWD
So it comes down to this: Will Queen Hillary reign? Will Prince Barack deign? And who is owed more?






deign Hide phonetics
verb DISAPPROVING
deign to do sth to do something unwillingly and in a way that shows that you think you are too important to do it:
If she deigns to reply to my letter, I'll be extremely surprised.

reign Hide phonetics
verb [I]
1 to be the king or queen of a country:
Queen Victoria reigned over Britain from 1837 to 1901.

2 to be the main feeling or quality in a situation or person:
The bomb attacks produced a panic which reigned over the city.
Love reigned supreme in her heart.

reign Hide phonetics
noun [C]
the reign of Henry VIII

reigning Hide phonetics
adjective [before noun]
the most recent winner of a competition:
She's the reigning champion at Wimbledon.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)