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patronising ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | patronising - (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescensionarch, condescending, patronizingsuperior - of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior ruler" | Translationspatron (ˈpeitrən) noun1. a person who supports (often with money) an artist, musician, writer, form of art etc. He's a patron of the arts. 贊助者 赞助者2. a (regular) customer of a shop etc. The manager said that he knew all his patrons. 主顧 主顾patronage (ˈpӕtrənidʒ) , ((American) ˈpei-) noun the support given by a patron. 贊助 惠顾,赞助 ˈpatronize, ˈpatronise (ˈpӕ-) , ((American) ˈpei-) verb1. to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person. He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants. 庇護 庇护2. to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly. That's not a shop I patronize nowadays. 光顧 光顾ˈpatronizing, ˈpatronising adjective 傲慢的 以恩人自居的,要人领情的 ˈpatronizingly, ˈpatronisingly adverb 傲慢地 傲慢地patron saint a saint who protects a particular person, group of people, country etc. St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland. 守護神 守护神 EncyclopediaSeepatronLegalSeePatronpatronising
Synonyms for patronisingadj (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescensionSynonyms- arch
- condescending
- patronizing
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