Patronize
[ 'pætrənaiz ]
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vt. 惠顾;资助;保护;屈尊;
📝 例句
Some television programmes tend to patronize children.
有些电视节目往往以大人的观点对待儿童。
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-patri-表示“父亲”
📖 牛津释义
patronize
patronise, v [Tn]
1 treat (sb) as an inferior; treat (sb) in a condescending way 以高人一等的态度对待（某人）; 屈尊俯就对待（某人）
He resented the way she patronized him. 她待他那种屈尊纡贵的样子, 他十分愤恨.
2 (fml 文) be a regular customer of (a shop, etc) 作为老主顾经常去（某商店等）; 经常光顾、 惠顾
The restaurant is patronized by politicians and journalists. 这家饭馆常有政治家和记者光顾.
3 act as a patron(1) to (sb/sth); support or encourage (sb/sth) 做（某人[某事物]）的赞助人; 资助、 赞助或支持（某人[某事物]）.
🔁 扩展释义
*['peitrәnaiz]vt. 保护, 支援, 赞助, 庇护, 惠顾
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I mean...my brother'll be really glad to see you!
我的意思是我哥哥见到你会非常高兴。
Could you ask her to give Doug a call when she gets back? She has my number.
她回来后，你能不能告诉她给道格挂个电话？她有我的电话号码。
He loved to be told that one of his imaginary products was temporarily out of stock and he would faithfully promise to call again at some future date, but of course he never did.
他爱听售货员说他想像出来的那种东西暂时脱销，于是他就煞有介事地许诺改天再来光顾。当然，他再也不会来了。