单词	patron
释义	patronpa‧tron /ˈpeɪtrən/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpatron Origin: 1300-1400 Medieval Latin patronus, from Latin pater ‘father’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Many artists were dependent on wealthy patrons. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Also patron of dyers, knife sharpeners, swordsmiths, and weavers; he is invoked against gout. Each noble's home has its own character reflecting the interests and magical researches of its patrons. His career epitomizes the interactions between the obligations of patron and client and the public service under the old administrative system. Santa Anita estimates it loses 200 to 400 patrons daily when Fairplex carries the races. She's patron of the Butler Trust, a charity which rewards positive prison work. Thesaurus THESAURUS► customer someone who buys goods or services from a shop or company: · Customers were waiting for the shop to open.· The bank is one of our biggest customers. ► client someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company: · He has a meeting with one of his clients.· The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients ► shopper someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy: · The streets were full of Christmas shoppers. ► guest someone who pays to stay in a hotel: · Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am. ► patron formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant, or hotel – usually written on signs: · The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’. ► patient someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital: · He is a patient of Dr Williams. ► consumer anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour: · Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products.· the rights of the consumer· The law is designed to protect consumers who buy goods on the Internet. ► market the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it: · The market for organic food is growing all the time.· a magazine aimed at the youth market ► clientele formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets: · The hotel has a very upmarket clientele.· They have a wealthy international clientele. Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is very interested in the arts► cultured knowing a lot about art, literature, music etc: · Sempaio is a highly cultured lawyer with a love of classical music.· The Art Nouveau Cafe is a popular meeting place for the city's cultured classes. ► patron of the arts someone who supports the arts, especially with money: · A genuine culture lover, the Prime Minister was a patron of the arts on a grand scale.· Performances are sponsored by fast food restaurants and other unlikely patrons of the arts. ► culture vulture informal someone who is very interested in all the arts - use this to talk about people like this: · While the culture vultures looked round the ruined temples, the rest of us headed straight for the beach.· He's a bit of a culture vulture - he goes to the theatre just about every week. ► arty British /artsy American someone who is interested in or knows about art and culture - use this when you do not approve of people like this: · Jake's having a party for all his arty friends.arty-farty/artsy-fartsy: · He thought of the band as just an artsy-fartsy bunch of students pretending to play rock 'n' roll. WORD SETS► BUSINESS absolute advantage, aggregate demand, AGM, nounagribusiness, nounairline, nounappurtenance, nounassessment, nounbad debt, nounbalance sheet, nounbankroll, verbbankrupt, adjectivebankrupt, verbbankrupt, nounbankruptcy, nounbargain, verbbargain basement, nounbaron, nounbill of sale, nounbiz, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounboom, nounboom and bust, nounboom town, nounbrown goods, nounbubble, nounbudget surplus, business card, nounbusiness cycle, business hours, nounbuyout, nouncapital, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivechamber of commerce, nounclerical, adjectiveconsumer, nounconsumer goods, noundisposable income, noundownturn, noundrive-through, nouneconomically, adverbfinancial, adjectiveflat, adjectivefree enterprise, noungiveaway, adjectiveincrement, nounindustry, nouninflate, verbinflated, adjectiveinflation, nouninflationary, adjectiveinsolvent, adjectiveinstitution, nouninterest, nounintroduction, nounlivery, nounlow season, nounlucrative, adjectiveMBA, nounmemo, nounmentoring, nounnegotiable, adjectivenegotiate, verbnegotiation, nounnon-profit, adjectiveopen, verboperational research, nounowner-occupied, adjectivepack, nounpackage, nounpaperwork, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpay, verbpcm, peppercorn rent, nounpersonal assistant, nounplanned obsolescence, nounpp., quarter, nounquarter day, nounquota, nounquote, verbready-made, adjectivereal estate, nounrebate, nounredeem, verbredevelop, verbrefund, nounrent, nounshutdown, nounsliding scale, nounsubcontract, verbsubcontractor, nountariff, nounundercut, verbundersubscribed, adjective Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► great · A number of the Roman emperors were great patrons of building and endorsed and encouraged extensive schemes of architectural development.· His greatest patron was a spendthrift young king who built too many castles and may have been nuts.· Anne Boleyn and Cromwell, the greatest patrons, soon fell.· The Hanoverian monarchs were great patrons of the arts, and actively promoted the music of both native-born and Continental musicians.· And finally, the great patron, the boss of the bunch, must have an overwhelming desire to win. ► wealthy · This sumptuous bauble, appropriately named the Tor Abbey Jewel, was doubtless made for a wealthy patron.· However, if any wealthy patron out there wants to commission him to create lifesize figures of them.· Indeed, seeking fortune becomes a search for a wealthy bride or patron.· From about the fourteenth century lay artists became more prominent, sometimes travelling and sometimes settled in urban workshops near wealthy patrons.· Where there was a wealthy patron the chances of a first-rate building were obviously greater. NOUN► saint · The statue of the patron saint, Francis Xavier, oversees all from behind the altar.· He said the date was chosen to coincide with the feast of St Teresa of Lisieux, patron saint of the missions.· The family patron saints men feel drawn to are distinct from those chosen by women.· Every trade took a holiday on the day of its patron saint.· Perseus was the patron saint of poets.· That woman is the real patron saint of Notre Dame, Fourviere. VERB► become · By acquiring an elephant's head, Ganesa also assumed the elephant's sagacity and became the patron of literature.· Graham, who was about twenty years older than Harrison, became his patron at the end of one long day together.· This project had an unexpected spin-off effect for Ward's market in that wealthy agriculturalists became private patrons.· Like Artemis, Mary became the patron protector of women in childbirth.· A devout Calvinist Methodist and strict advocate of temperance, Davies became a patron of Nonconformist and other charitable and educational causes.· The Duke has agreed to become patron of an appeal to secure the long term future of the new theatre.· As was fitting for one so widely travelled, he became the patron of trade and voyages.· She was considering becoming a patron of his charity-registered foundation for Aids work when she was warned off by suspicious hospital authorities. 1someone who supports the activities of an organization, for example by giving money:  a wealthy patronpatron of a patron of the arts2a famous person who is officially involved with an organization, such as a charity, and whose name is used to help advertise it → patroness3formal someone who uses a particular shop, restaurant, or hotel SYN  customer:  facilities for disabled patrons► see thesaurus at customer
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