patronize
英 [?p?tr??na?z]
美[?pe?tr??na?z;?p?tr?n?a?z]
- vt. 以高人一等的態(tài)度對待；經(jīng)常光顧，惠顧；資助；保護
英英釋意
- 1. assume sponsorship of
- 2. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- 3. treat condescendingly
- 4. be a regular customer or client of;
- "We patronize this store"
- "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"