Patronize
[ˈpætrəˌnaɪz] or [ˈpeɪtrəˌnaɪz;ˈpætrənˌaɪz]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) be a regular customer or client of; 'We patronize this store'; 'Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could'.
(verb.) treat condescendingly.
(verb.) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of.
編輯:耶鲁--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.
(v. t.) To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
(v. t.) To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
整理:史黛丝
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Favor, countenance, support, aid, assist, help, befriend, make interest for.
錄入:库尔特
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Countenance, befriend, favor, support, help
ANT:Oppress, depress, oppose, withstand, disfavor, discountenance
科琳錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- It was part--and an excellent part--of the pose of Grand Monarchy to patronize literature and the sciences. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She drew near them now, rather to find protection in their company than to patronize them with her presence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I will not allow you to utter in my presence the absurd suspicion that any strangers--I care not what their names--can patronize my child. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Say that he wants to patronize me, pursued Mr. Skimpole. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- In having them filled patronize only honest and capable druggists. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- I can't go anywhere without being Patronized. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She patronized Lady Gaunt and her astonished and mortified sister-in-law--she ecrased all rival charmers. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- To be patronized by THEM! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I hate to be patronized, and the Chesters think it's a great favor to allow us to help with their highly connected fair. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Too passionate an absorption in public affairs is felt to be a somewhat shallow performance, and the reformer is patronized as a well-meaning but rather dull fellow. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But people sometimes like to be patronized; don't they, sir? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The little fellow patronized the feeble and disappointed old man. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- That abject hypocrite, Pumblechook, nodded again, and said, with a patronizing laugh, It's more than that, Mum. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He was possessed with a mania for patronizing Yankee ingenuity, and seeing his friends fitly furnished forth. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Take time, Sophronia,' observed her watchful husband, in a patronizing manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- That lady persisted in patronizing her and determined most graciously to form her. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- In a line regiment, Clink said with a patronizing air. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- No, no, no,' said Mr Boffin; 'no patronizing! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- What the deuce right has he to give himself his patronizing airs, and make fools of us at Vauxhall? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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