adv.表现得高人一等地
"It must be sewn on," she said, just a little patronisingly.
“一定要把它缝上去。”她说，只是带着一点儿居高临下的样子。
Because of the linkage between obesity and type-2 diabetes, the disease is sometimes patronisingly treated as a fringe issue another problem for those poor, backwards Southerners.
They patted little old ladies like her patronisingly on the head, while taking wads of money from special interests for whom they would do favours later.