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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!”
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词根: patr
1. =father,表示”父亲”; 2. 祖国 pater-
n.
patron 赞助人;资助人;老顾客,老主顾patr父亲+on→像父亲一样的人
v.
patronize 赞助,资助;光顾,惠顾patron[n.赞助人;资助人;老顾客,老主顾]+ize表动词→v.赞助,资助;光顾,惠顾
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词根:patron
adj.patronizing要人领情的;屈尊俯就的;以恩人态度自居的
n.patron赞助人;保护人;主顾
patronage赞助;光顾;任免权
patroness女主顾;女资助人;女保护人
v.patronizing屈尊俯就(patronize的现在分词)
vt.patronise(英)保护(等于patronize)