English Dictionary

patronize

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpætɹənaɪz/

動詞

他動詞 廃用

(transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support. / (transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.

日本語の意味

(誰かの)支持者として振る舞う、守る、保護する、支援する。 / (お店などの)常連客となる、利用する。

The wealthy benefactor agreed to patronize the new community theater, ensuring it could mount several productions this year.

裕福な支援者は地域の新しいコミュニティ劇団を後援することに同意し、今年はいくつかの公演を上演できるようにしました。

意味（1）

(transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.

A great perſonage aſked lord S——h, how the citizens came to patronize ſuch a profligate as Wilkes. His lordſhip replied, They would patronize the devil, if he aſſiſted them to pull down a miniſter.

意味（2）

(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.

A chearful glaſs, then, ſaid Sir Sedley, you think horridly intolerable? … Well, the glaſs is not what I patroniſe, ſaid Sir Theophilus; it hips me ſo conſumedly the next day; no, I can't patroniſe the glaſs. / Not patroniſe wine? cried Lord Newford; O hang it! O curſe it! that's too bad, Offy![…]

意味（3）

(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.

Yes, she was inclined to patronise you, I thought. / I don't think she meant to patronise me in particular, it's the sort of manner that comes to women when they find themselves married, especially if they have had aspirations after that state for some time.[…]

意味（4）

(transitive, obsolete) To blame, to reproach.

This leads us to conſider how a good, and underſtanding Perſon ought to behave himſelf, when the Caſe happens, that ſome things are preſcribed in a Church which he himſelf thinks lawful, but others pretend they do not; … whether it is his Duty to inveigh againſt the Governours of this Church, and add life and ſtrength to the unreaſonable ſcruples of others; to patronize thoſe who ſeparate upon groundleſs prejudices, and with groſs uncharitableneſs, or to plead againſt their unreaſonable and diſorderly practices; …

patronizes （ present singular third-person ）

patronizing （ participle present ）

patronized （ participle past ）

patronized （ past ）