patronize

🇬🇧/ˈpætrənaɪz/ 🇺🇸/ˈpeɪtrənaɪz/VCE📚 16825 78 1六级托福GRE
If someone patronizes you, they speak or behave toward you in a way that seems friendly, but that shows that they think they are superior to you in some way. 屈尊对待

verb [vt. 及物动词]表现出高人一等的姿态,以高人一等的态度对待;光顾,惠顾(餐馆、酒店或其他生意);赞助,资助

Don't you patronize me!.
你不要屈尊对待我。

-patr- =father,表示“父亲”、父,祖patronize v. 赞助;光顾(patron+ize)
来自patron(n. 赞助人)
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The Japanese imperial family patronizes the Japanese Art Association. 日本皇室资助日本艺术协会。
The ladies of Berne liked to patronize the palace for tea and little cakes. 伯尔尼的女士们喜欢光顾这个地方喝茶吃点心。
I'll never patronize that store again. 我再也不去光顾那家商店了。