patronizing

常见例句

But it now has customers who might never have thought of patronizing the business.
但是，现在它拥有了客户，也许从来都不想光顾它的客户。
After some months, she gave up eating because she had decided she would rather die than live without dignity, because of the patronizing way in which her carers spoke to her.
几个月以后，她开始绝食了，因为她决定与其没有尊严地活着不如死了算了，因为照顾她的人俨然以恩人的方式和她说话。
His five tall brothers gave him good-by with admiring but slightly patronizing smiles, for Gerald was the baby and the little one of a brawny family.
他的五位高个子兄弟羡慕而略带关注地微笑着向他道了声再见，因为杰拉尔德在强壮的一家人中是最小和最矮的一个。

Therefore, when a presenter states the obvious in a paraphrase, it sounds patronizing to the audience.
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What Cove presents in her 306 thoughtful (if occasionally patronizing) pages are: The Twelve Different Singles.
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Female leaders may also take on masculine traits to succeed and can be equally patronizing, Weliky notes.
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