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.
幾個月以後，她開始絕食了，因爲她決定與其沒有尊嚴地活著不如死了算了，因爲照顧她的人儼然以恩人的方式和她說話。
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.
他的五位高個子兄弟羨慕而略帶關注地微笑著曏他道了聲再見，因爲傑拉爾德在強壯的一家人中是最小和最矮的一個。

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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