patronise

1. 'Vernon tried to patronise James, asking what car he drove. James described his racing broom.'
   弗农瞧不起詹姆斯，假惺惺地问他开什么车，詹姆斯就描述了一番他的飞天扫帚。
2. But we also feel confidence in buying medicines in a pharmacy we have not visited before and do not expect to patronise again.
   但在我们以前从未去过、以后可能也不会再光顾的药店买药，我们同样很放心。
3. The sentiment behind the utterance is undoubtedly a sincere and genuine one, free of any deliberate intent to patronise, but it was patronising nonetheless.
   这样的言论背后的感情无疑是诚恳且真实的，没有任何自以为优越的用意，但它确实是一种高人一等的态度。
4. There are plenty of rich Russians to patronise them and more than enough poor ones to make labour cheap.
   大量的俄罗斯富豪经常关顾这些地方甚至比穷人们做廉价劳工的次数还要多。
5. I like the individuality of an owner-managed organisation. I want a merchant I patronise to have character, not to be a faceless entity.
   我喜欢业主经营机构的个性，希望自己光顾的商店有特点，而不是千店一面的实体。

verb

1. be a regular customer or client of
   1. We patronize this store
   2. Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could

   Synonym:    patronizepatronagesupportkeep going

2. treat condescendingly

   Synonym:    patronizecondescend

3. assume sponsorship of

   Synonym:    sponsorpatronize

4. do one's shopping at

   Synonym:    patronizeshopshop atbuy atfrequentsponsor