v. 以高人一等的态度对待;(经常)惠顾(商店等);资助(patronise 的现在分词,patronise 等于 patronize)
adj. 自认为高人一等的(等于 patronizing)
patronising /ˈpætrənaɪzɪŋ/
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
同义词: arch / condescending / patronizing
(丢脸的东西) Patronising.(丢人) Oh My God ! It's embarrassing !
... supercilious 目中无人的 arch 拱 patronising 以恩人自居的...
But it did not need the patronising charity of white people.
但是,这并不需要白人傲慢的仁慈。
Why should I give my patronising colleague the benefit of the doubt when he was so clearly in the wrong?
为什么我应该在我高傲的同事显然有错时,却对他“无罪推定”?
Whether he comes to you in anger or merely to give you a patronising pat on the back, you are done for, cracked in either case.
他是生气地冲你走过来还是仅仅在你的后背屈尊俯就地拍一拍,不管在哪种情况下,你都完蛋了。
Meanwhile the Lib Dems, who called the plan "patronising", have launched their own policies for families.
The opponents were the Patronising Party, the Blackguards and Doomsayers Party and the Liberal Democrats.
Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams tweeted: "Partial patronising dated selective and lazy journalism at its metropolitan finest".
BBC: "The reluctant dragon" - The Economist reports on Wales