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查询技巧:
1、输入单个单词准确查询。
2、使用%模糊查询,匹配任意长度字符:
   %a    以a结尾的单词;
   ab%    以ab开头的单词;
   %ac%    含有ac的单词。
3、使用_模糊查询,匹配单个任意字符:
   _a_    三位且a在中间的单词;
   _ad    三位且ad结尾的单词;
   ac_    三位且ac开头的单词;
   _a    两位且a结尾的单词;
   a_    两位且a开头的单词。
4、带连字符-的单词,需含-字符才能模糊查询,如well-know需输入 well-% 。
5、在手机键盘上,如果g上有%和v上有_,则可长按输入。

patronage
CET6

英 / ˈpætrənɪdʒ /
美 / ˈpeɪtrənɪdʒ /
n. 赞助;惠顾;光顾;资助

1. The restaurant has a large patronage.
光顾这家餐馆的人很多。
2. Promising as it is for minority businesses, this increased patronage poses dangers for them, too.
虽然这对少数民族企业是有希望的,但增加的赞助也给他们带来了危险。
3. Now he is suing the casino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted.
现在他正在起诉这家赌场,指控它本应该拒绝他的光顾,因为它知道他上瘾了。
4. Johnson's rejection of his patron's belated assistance has often been identified as a key moment in the history of publishing, marking the end of the culture of patronage.
约翰逊拒绝了他的赞助人迟来的帮助,这通常被认为是出版史上的一个关键时刻,标志着赞助文化的终结。
5. Patronage of the arts comes from businesses and private individuals.
对艺术的资助来自企业和个人。