英语词汇“patronizing”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	patronizing
例句	patronizingpatronizing /ˈpeɪtrəˌnaɪzɪŋ/ adjective ► patronizing a patronizing person treats you as though you are less important or less intelligent than he or she is: “You did a great job boiling the water.” “Stop being so patronizing.” My boss has a patronizing attitude. He doesn’t explain his decisions because he thinks we cannot understand the situation. ► condescending condescending means the same as patronizing but sounds more formal. You usually use condescending about people in important positions who treat other people as less important: The director was so condescending to the musicians that some of them quit the band. ► superior superior means the same as patronizing, but you use it when you want to emphasize that someone is behaving as though he or she is better than other people: “It is simple, really,” she said in a superior tone of voice. ► snobbish also snobby showing that you think you are better than other people because you are richer or know more: Megan is very snobbish and always makes fun of the other girls’ clothes. The health club was full of snobby rich kids. ➔ see proud (2) for words meaning “thinking you are better than other people,” talk1 (2) for the verb patronizeADVERBS: patronizingYou can make the adjectives patronizing, condescending, and snobbish into adverbs by using an -ly ending: “You did that very well,” she said patronizingly, as though she were much older than I. \| He went on to say condescendingly that her work was surprisingly good for a woman.
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