patronize

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vt. 保护, 支援, 赞助, 庇护, 惠顾

发音

AU /ˈpeɪtɹənaɪz/

词形变化

patronized patronizes 三单 patronizes patronizing patronizing 现在分词 patronized 过去式 patronized 过去分词

别名

patronise

教材释义与例句

动词

以高人一等的态度对待；经常光顾，惠顾；资助；保护

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.

    栽培

    及物
  2. 2.

    To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.

    光顾

    帮衬

    及物
  3. 3.

    To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To blame, to reproach.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

shop support sponsor frequent patronage patronise condescend keep going

反义词 1

boycott

上位词 5

support backup foster interact nurture

下位词 1

cosponsor

近义相关 2

keep going run on

词源

From patron + -ize (verb ending); or from Old French patroniser, from Medieval Latin patronizāre (“to lead a galley as patron”). Piecewise doublet of patternize.

来源：wiktionary