patronizes

英 [ˈpætrənaɪzɪz]

美 [ˈpeɪtrənaɪzɪz]

v. 屈尊俯就地对待; 摆出高人一等的派头; 经常光顾; 赞助; 资助
patronize的第三人称单数

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 patronise

VERB 对…摆出屈尊俯就的样子
If someone patronizes you, they speak or behave towards you in a way which seems friendly, but which shows that they think they are superior to you in some way.
1. Don't you patronize me!...
  别在我面前摆出一副屈尊俯就的样子！
2. Cornelia often felt patronised by her tutors.
  科妮莉亚常常觉得她的老师们对她摆出屈尊俯就的样子。
VERB 资助；赞助
Someone who patronizes artists, writers, or musicians supports them and gives them money.
1. The Japanese Imperial family patronises the Japanese Art Association.
  日本皇室资助日本艺术协会。
VERB 光顾；惠顾
If someone patronizes a place such as a pub, bar, or hotel, they are one of its customers.
1. The ladies of Berne liked to patronize the Palace for tea and little cakes.
  伯尔尼的女士们喜欢去联邦宫殿用茶点。

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As a condition, we should require them to participate in a special program: Any customer who patronizes two of the businesses will receive a substantial discount at the third.
为使他们达到条件，我们应该要求他们参加非凡的项目：任何顾客在其中两家消费将在第三家得到折扣。
She often patronizes that restaurant.
她时常光顾那家餐厅。
Any consumer ( conversation participant) who patronizes the market intends to possess it.
任何身处这个竞争激烈的市场当中的顾客（参与会话者）都欲得之而后快。
It shows patronizes prostitutes plays the prostitute is; the gloryl; let the moral judgment, the standard of value have the reversal in the metropolis.; The prostitute; a word starts to debate answers the condition to enter cultural present.
视嫖娼玩妓女为荣耀，让道德判断、价值标准在都市发生了逆转。妓女一词开始以辩答状态进入文化的在场。