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单词 patronize
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patronize
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1v 2v

If you patronize a business, you shop there regularly. But if someone patronizes you, it's not so pleasant — they talk to you as if you were inferior or not very intelligent.
Patronize comes from Latin patronus "protector, master," related to pater "father." So if you patronize a person, you talk down to them like a father might do to his child or a master to his apprentice. If you want to take an advanced class and your advisor warns you of all the hard work, you can tell him to stop patronizing you — you know a hard class involves hard work. This sounds much better than saying, "I'm not stupid!"
WORD FAMILY
patronize: patronized, patronizes, patronizing+/patron: patroness, patronise, patronize, patronless, patrons/patroness: patronesses/patronise: patronised, patronises, patronising/patronised: unpatronised/patronized: unpatronized/patronizing: patronizingly
USAGE EXAMPLES
Shoppers patronizing the stores, cafes or public gardens inside must endure layers of security screening.
Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016)
The letter was organized by ABC Home chief executive Paulette Cole, whose home furnishing store was patronized by both Trump and his business.
Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016)
Yet my mom, a beautiful redhead, patronized stores owned by local Lebanese and Iraqi families.
Salon(Dec 09, 2016)
1
1v assume sponsorship of
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
patronise, sponsor
cosponsor
sponsor together with another sponsor
support
support materially or financially
2v be a regular customer or client of
We patronize this store
Syn|Hyper
keep going, patronage, patronise, support
keep going, run on
continue uninterrupted
foster, nurture
help develop, help grow
3v do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Syn|Ant|Hyper
buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor
boycott
refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
back up, support
give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
2
v treat condescendingly
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
condescend, patronise
stoop to
make concessions to
interact
act together or towards others or with others
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