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There are plenty of rich Russians to patronise them and more than enough poor ones to make labour cheap .

大量的俄罗斯富豪经常关顾这些地方甚至比穷人们做廉价劳工的次数还要多。

First , he did not patronise his audience : presenting the most complicated ideas was a sign that he respected our intelligence .

首先，他没有对听众摆出高人一等的派头：陈述最复杂的思想表明他尊重我们的智力。

' Vernon tried to patronise James , asking what car he drove . James described his racing broom . '

弗农瞧不起詹姆斯，假惺惺地问他开什么车，詹姆斯就描述了一番他的飞天扫帚。

But we also feel confidence in buying medicines in a pharmacy we have not visited before and do not expect to patronise again .

但在我们以前从未去过、以后可能也不会再光顾的药店买药，我们同样很放心。

Many private hospitals have opened in recent years , but patients have proved slow to patronise them and healthcare analysts estimate current private hospital share is only about half the targeted figure .

近年来有多家私立医院开业，但从实际情况来看，患者对它们的接受较为缓慢。医疗行业分析师估计，目前私立医院的比例仅为10%左右。

The sentiment behind the utterance is undoubtedly a sincere and genuine one , free of any deliberate intent to patronise , but it was patronising nonetheless .

这样的言论背后的感情无疑是诚恳且真实的，没有任何自以为优越的用意，但它确实是一种高人一等的态度。

I like the individuality of an owner-managed organisation . I want a merchant I patronise to have character , not to be a faceless entity .

我喜欢业主经营机构的个性，希望自己光顾的商店有特点，而不是千店一面的实体。

Like the rest of the motley crew of office workers and pensioners who patronise that refectory , I show up with my own saucepan or Tupperware container , which gets loaded to the brim with meat , fish , rice and stinky tofu for as little as Rmb5-8 a meal .

与光顾这家食堂的其他形形色色的办公室职员和退休老人一样，我也拿着自己的饭盆或特百惠（Tupperware）饭盒，仅仅花上5到8元人民币，就能装上满满一饭盒肉、鱼、米饭和臭豆腐。