查询词典 patronised

We are exploited, undeveloped, patronised, even ridiculed because we are unable, as a people, to see clearly, even today, what Kwame Nkrumah saw decades ago. It's no use blaming the Chinese, or for that matter, even the West.

直到现在，作为族群的俺们仍不能看清楚（Kwame Nkrumah多年前就看透的东西，所以俺们一直被剥削、发展滞后、屈尊于人、甚至被讥笑；为此而指责中国人，或者西方人，都是无济于事的。

I thought dragoons were always rich," she used to say, peevishly."Girls always want to marry dragoons; and tradespeople always want to serve dragoons; and hotel-keepers to entertain dragoons; and theatrical managers to be patronised by dragoons.

我以为龙骑兵始终是富裕宽绰的哩，&她往往生气地说道，&姑娘们总是嫁给龙骑兵；买卖人总是要为龙骑兵效劳；旅馆老板总是款待龙骑兵；戏院经理又总是要龙骑兵赞助保护。

Belittled, degraded, demeaned, ridiculed, patronised, subject to disparaging remarks

被小看、被降低身份、被贬损、被嘲弄、被屈尊、受到了贬低之言。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。