patronizing

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But it now has customers who might never have thought of patronizing the business.
但是，現(xiàn)在它擁有了客戶，也許從來都不想光顧它的客戶。
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.
幾個(gè)月以后，她開始絕食了，因?yàn)樗龥Q定與其沒有尊嚴(yán)地活著不如死了算了，因?yàn)檎疹櫵娜藘叭灰远魅说姆绞胶退f話。
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.
他的五位高個(gè)子兄弟羨慕而略帶關(guān)注地微笑著向他道了聲再見，因?yàn)榻芾瓲柕略趶?qiáng)壯的一家人中是最小和最矮的一個(gè)。

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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