patronized
v.
以高人一等的态度对待( patronize的过去式和过去分词 );
光顾，惠顾;
例句:
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They are patronized , ridiculed and shoved around by self - important staff members.
他们受到那些自命不凡的职员们的赏脸 、 奚落,被推来搡去.
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He had alternately whined over his grievances and patronized her.
他哼哼唧唧地诉说他受的委屈,又做出一副庇护她的样子.
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He patronized a young musician.
他赞助了一位青年音乐家.
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He moved to Boston during the 1820s and ran a secondhand clothing store patronized by free black sailors.
来自MSN
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If a customer mispronounced an item name, he was forbidden from correcting them because that would make them feel patronized.
来自WSJ