patronage

US [ˈpætrənɪdʒ]
UK ['pætrənɪdʒ]
  • n.赞助；惠顾；光顾；资助
  • Web赞助人；恩惠；保护

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Patronage
n.
1.
资助；赞助the support, especially financial, that is given to a person or an organization by a patron
Patronage of the arts comes from businesses and private individuals.
对艺术的资助来自企业和个人。
2.
（掌权者给予提挈以换取支持的）互惠互利the system by which an important person gives help or a job to sb in return for their support
3.
惠顾；光顾the support that a person gives a shop/store, restaurant, etc. by spending money there

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1.
The patronage of these things, the language Hall 's book to be absent-minded turning over a few pages.
光顾着这些玩意儿了，语堂先生的书才心不在焉的翻了没几页。
guāng gù zhe zhè xiē wán yì ér le , yǔ táng xiān sheng de shū cái xīn bú zài yān de fān le méi jǐ yè 。
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2.
He knew that she was taking the patronage out of his hands.
他知道她是在他手里把授取的大权拿过去。
tā zhī dào tā shì zài tā shǒu lǐ bǎ shòu qǔ de dà quán ná guò qù 。
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3.
indeed, he himself used the treasury as something of a private source of patronage and sometimes of high living.
的确，他自己也只是把国库当做是某种委任官职的个人钱财与某种高品质生活的来源。
dí què , tā zì jǐ yě zhǐ shì bǎ guó kù dàng zuò shì mǒu zhǒng wěi rèn guān zhí de gè rén qián cái yǔ mǒu zhǒng gāo pǐn zhì shēng huó de lái yuán 。
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4.
If you get out of favor or lose your political patronage, you have to leave quickly and could lose your business.
如果你不受政府欢迎或者失去了政治庇护，你就必须马上离开，这可能使你失去自己的企业。
rú guǒ nǐ bù shòu zhèng fǔ huān yíng huò zhě shī qù le zhèng zhì bì hù , nǐ jiù bì xū mǎ shàng lí kāi , zhè kě néng shǐ nǐ shī qù zì jǐ de qǐ yè 。
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5.
The United States wants to make investments in development on a basis of partnership, not patronage, she said.
国务卿表示，美国希望在伙伴合作而不是单纯提供援助的基础上进行发展投资。
guó wù qīng biǎo shì , měi guó xī wàng zài huǒ bàn hé zuò ér bú shì dān chún tí gōng yuán zhù de jī chǔ shàng jìn xíng fā zhǎn tóu zī 。
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6.
He had the patronage of Zhou Enlai and was the only Chinese modernist to live out his life in China.
他受到了周恩来的支持，是中国唯一一位在国内寿终正寝的现代主义者。
tā shòu dào le zhōu ēn lái de zhī chí , shì zhōng guó wéi yī yī wèi zài guó nèi shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn de xiàn dài zhǔ yì zhě 。
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7.
A customer having a loan outstanding with the bank tends to increase the probability of his continued patronage.
顾客在这家银行有未偿还的贷款，则倾向于继续光顾这家银行。
gù kè zài zhè jiā yín háng yǒu wèi cháng huán de dài kuǎn , zé qīng xiàng yú jì xù guāng gù zhè jiā yín háng 。
8.
There seems to have been some patronage of Gaelic poetry by the later Pictish kings.
这可能是后来的皮克特国王保护了盖尔语诗歌的缘故。
zhè kě néng shì hòu lái de pí kè tè guó wáng bǎo hù le gài ěr yǔ shī gē de yuán gù 。
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9.
She spoke of her as you might speak of some young person of genius-in want of encouragement and patronage.
她谈到她，就象你们谈到某个年轻的天才，抱怨她得不到鼓励和保护一样。
tā tán dào tā , jiù xiàng nǐ men tán dào mǒu gè nián qīng de tiān cái , bào yuàn tā dé bú dào gǔ lì hé bǎo hù yí yàng 。
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10.
At the beginning, she was welcoming of my patronage to the clinic using English.
起初她用英语欢迎我的光顾，服务态度非常好。
qǐ chū tā yòng yīng yǔ huān yíng wǒ de guāng gù , fú wù tài du fēi cháng hǎo 。
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