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'm not looking for a full-time job.
我不会去找一个上全天班的工作。
Sorry to keep you waiting.
抱歉让你久等了。
The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.
当这个队的队长正在检查洞口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示出它的下面埋有金子。