patronise ['peitrənaiz]

英汉解释

vt. （英）保护（等于patronize）

同义词

v. condescend，frequent，keep going，patronize

反义词

v.   boycott

参考例句

1. Constantly strives to satisfy all guests that patronise the Outlet.
努力使我们的客人满意，让他们能经常光顾餐厅。
2. The rise of religious intolerance is now a political danger from the Christian West to the Muslim East. Yet it is all too easy to patronise Pakistan.
西方基督世界与穆斯林世界间的冲突，对世界来说，现在已经成为严重的政治危机，而宗教之间的敌对却又是最容易动员巴基斯坦人民投入反西方圣战的利器。
3. The sentiment behind the utterance is undoubtedly a sincere and genuine one, free of any deliberate intent to patronise, but it was patronising nonetheless.
这样的言论背后的感情无疑是诚恳且真实的，没有任何自以为优越的用意，但它确实是一种高人一等的态度。

英英解释

v.
  1. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
  2. assume sponsorship of
  3. treat condescendingly
  4. be a regular customer or client of

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