patronise

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

Unlike many in the development world, she does not romanticise poverty or patronise the poor.
不像發(fā)展界中的許多人，她從不把貧窮浪漫化，也不對(duì)窮人盛氣凌人。
She also gives humorous background to the long-running animosity between Harry's parents and the Dursleys – "Vernon tried to patronise James, asking what car he drove.
此外羅琳對(duì)哈利父母與德思禮一家長期的不和給出了幽默的背景解釋：弗農(nóng)試圖保護(hù)詹姆斯，問他開的什么車，詹姆斯回答‘掃帚’。
Moscow's massive inequality is a blessing for its high-end hostelries: there are plenty of rich Russians to patronise them and more than enough poor ones to make labour cheap.
莫斯科懸殊的貧富差距對(duì)于這里的高端旅館來說是件幸事：有許多富人會(huì)來光顧旅店，同時(shí)還有太多的窮人可以向旅店提供廉價(jià)勞動(dòng)力。

They patronise Ukrainians as the English once did the Irish, as bumpkins and dolts who speak the language funny.
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