“patronizing”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

patronizing

释义

ˈpatronizing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. +-ing².]
That patronizes, esp. with an air of superiority; ostentatiously condescending or superior.
1727Bailey vol. II, Patronizing..acting the Part of a Patron.1827Lytton Pelham ii, No patronising condescension to little people.1828Scott F.M. Perth viii, The knight..received them with a mixture of courtesy and patronising condescension.1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. p. xviii, The patronizing style of Protagoras.
Hence ˈpatronizingly adv., with the condescension or air of a patron.
1837Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 64 ‘A man of sense’ (as Mrs. Buller..said patronisingly of the Apostle Paul).1883A. Dobson Fielding vi. 165 The hitherto unfriendly Gentle⁓man's patronisingly styles [it] an ‘excellent piece’.

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