1. 資助；贊助 Patronage is the support and money given by someone to a person or a group such as a charity.
e.g. ...government patronage of the arts in Europe... 歐洲政府對藝術(shù)的資助 e.g. The Vevey Festival was founded 12 years ago under the patronage of Oona Chaplin. 沃韋喜劇電影節是12年前在烏娜·卓別麟的贊助下設立的。
patronage英英釋義
patronage
noun
1. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
e.g. even before noon there was a considerable patronage
Synonym: trade
2. (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
3. the act of providing approval and support
e.g. his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
Synonym: backingbackupchampionship
4. a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Synonym: condescensiondisdain
5. customers collectively
e.g. they have an upper class clientele
Synonym: clientelebusiness
verb
1. be a regular customer or client of
e.g. We patronize this store Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could