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单词 patronage
释义
patronage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpæt.rə.nɪdʒ//ˈpeɪ.trən.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈpæt.rə.nɪdʒ//ˈpeɪ.trən.ɪdʒ/

patronagenoun[U](SUPPORT)

thesupportgiven to anorganizationby someone:
赞助，资助
Thecharityenjoysthe patronage of manyprominentlocalbusinesspeople.这家慈善机构获得了本地许多重要的商人的赞助。
mainlydisapproving
thepowerof apersonto give someone animportantjoborposition:
任命权
Patronage is apotentforceif usedpolitically.任命权用在政治上会成为一种强大的力量。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Backing, supporting & defending
  • adopt
  • advocacy
  • affirmation
  • allyyourselfto/withsomeone
  • argumentation
  • backbone
  • badge
  • bailout
  • champion
  • keep the flag flyingidiom
  • recommended
  • red carpet
  • reinforce
  • right behindsomeoneidiom
  • roll out the red carpetidiom
  • root
  • root forsomeone
  • stick
  • stick together
  • sympathetic
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Applying for a job

patronagenoun[U](CUSTOMERS)

formal
thebusinessgiven to ashoporrestaurant, etc. byitscustomers:
惠顾，光顾
We would like tothankall ofourcustomersfortheirpatronage in the past.我们要感谢所有顾客过去的惠顾。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who buy things
  • anti-consumer
  • bidder
  • buyer
  • consumer
  • couponer
  • end user
  • foot traffic
  • importer
  • late adopter
  • multi-client
  • personal shopper
  • prosumer
  • purchaser
  • rag-and-bone man
  • ragman
  • speculator
  • subscriber
  • tradesman
  • tradespeople
  • wholesaler
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(Definition ofpatronagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

patronage| American Dictionary

patronage
noun[U]
us
/ˈpeɪ·trə·nɪdʒ,ˈpæ-/
esp.disapproving
thepowerto give someone animportantjoboradvantagesinexchangeforhelporsupport:
Newruleswouldminimizetheeffectsofpoliticalpatronage.
(Definition ofpatronagefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

patronage| Business English

patronage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpætrənɪdʒ,ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ/us
COMMERCE
thebusinessgiven to ashop,restaurant,hotel, etc. byitscustomers:
ManywealthyJapanesehaveshiftedtheirpatronage to the newWesternluxuryhotels.
supportgiven to apublicorganization,especiallyby givingmoney:
Thecompanyisfamousforitsartspatronage.
disapproving
asituationin which apersongives someone animportantjoborpositioninreturnfortheirsupport:
Theyplantoabolishpatronage andplacetheappointmentofseniorlawofficersin thehandsof anindependentappointmentsboard.
(Definition ofpatronagefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpatronage

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The traffic inpatronagewas far from all one way.
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The 'new men' themselves often rose to local prominence partly through the tenurialpatronageof a county aristocracy anxious to win their support and influence.
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A third reason was that the operation of politics andpatronageoften required or encouraged lords to alienate land on favourable terms.
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On the contrary, patterns ofpatronageand marketing ensured that it was the most widely seen and reproduced of all.
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Few labouring poets received so muchpatronage, either from individuals or by subscription.
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Political power in a county, nonetheless, did demand that the politician make efficient use ofpatronageto help his friends.
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The bare news of such a match is a valuable commodity in thepatronagemarketplace.
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A man without family - by marriage or by formal or informal adoption if not by blood - cannot expect to gainpatronage.
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A destructive confrontation with father, family, and culture forced him to find other forms ofpatronageand love, no longer feudal in principle.
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Alongside the formal institutions were more informal ones, such as thepatronagesystem.
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Relics embodied the saint in this world and gavepatronageto the community that preserved them.
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Still, examples of this whole slippery incident can be reduced to the same parameters as the more clear-cut professionalpatronagedescribed in this section.
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Other cases came to the crown's notice through networks ofpatronage, which reinforced hierarchy and deference at every level.
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Aristocraticpatronagewas the backbone of the event.
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Yoruba railwaymen came to stable wage labor to become men through accumulating money to marry, build houses, or createpatronagerelations.
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Collocationswithpatronage

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patronage network
Legitimacy in protest no longer arose through membership in a patronage network.
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political patronage
Publishers can support their media with three basic kinds of revenue:politicalpatronagefrom a politician or party, government subsidies, or advertising.
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private patronage
But it did not fundamentally challenge the supremacy of private patronage.
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