pat·ron·age

noun

/ˈpætrənɪdʒ/, /ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ/

[uncountable]

the support, especially financial, that is given to a person or an organization by a patron资助；赞助
- Patronage of the arts comes from businesses and private individuals.对艺术的资助来自企业和个人。
the system by which an important person gives help or a job to somebody in return for their support（掌权者给予提挈以换取支持的）互惠互利
- Recruits are selected on merit, not through political patronage.新成员是择优而不是通过政治任命选出来的。
(especially North American English) the support that a person gives a shop, restaurant, etc. by spending money there惠顾；光顾Topics Cooking and eatingc2

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from patron ‘protector, advocate’, from Latin patronus ‘protector of clients, defender’, from pater, patr- ‘father’.

单词	patronage
释义	pat·ron·age noun /ˈpætrənɪdʒ/, /ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ/ /ˈpætrənɪdʒ/, /ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ/ [uncountable] the support, especially financial, that is given to a person or an organization by a patron资助；赞助 Patronage of the arts comes from businesses and private individuals.对艺术的资助来自企业和个人。 the system by which an important person gives help or a job to somebody in return for their support（掌权者给予提挈以换取支持的）互惠互利 Recruits are selected on merit, not through political patronage.新成员是择优而不是通过政治任命选出来的。 (especially North American English) the support that a person gives a shop, restaurant, etc. by spending money there惠顾；光顾Topics Cooking and eatingc2 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from patron ‘protector, advocate’, from Latin patronus ‘protector of clients, defender’, from pater, patr- ‘father’.
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