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patronise ['pætrənaɪz]

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vt. 庇护, 资助, 赞助, 保护, 光顾, 惠顾, 对...以恩人自居

patronise

[ verb ]

do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

<verb.social>

assume sponsorship of

<verb.possession>

treat condescendingly

<verb.communication>

be a regular customer or client of

<verb.communication>

We patronize this store
Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could

But the progress of the Irish gave England a pretend stake in the World Cup: they could watch, patronise, be generous, make jokes about the England B team, care and then suddenly not have to care at all.
On driving off the ferry, they were all present. Happily, the aroma of garlic still perfumes the kind of restaurants I patronise, but the pungent pong of caporal tobacco has gone.
Do not patronise airlines that take you all round the houses for obscure reasons of their own. I used to have a rule that 15 hours' flying time was the maximum I would consider without a proper stop and rest.

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