1. The tone of the interview was unnecessarily patronizing. 这场会面的语气屈尊得很没必要。
2. I was only trying to explain; I didn't want to sound patronizing. 我只是想解释一下而已,绝无自诩清高之意。
3. Barzun's response seemed a little patronizing, though he undoubtedly hadn't intended it that way. 巴曾的反应好像显得有点屈尊俯就,但无疑他不是想要那样。
4. His five tall brothers gave him good-by with admiring but slightly patronizing smiles, for Gerald was the baby and the little one of a brawny family. 他的五个高个子兄弟向他道了个再见,带着羡慕而略带关注的微笑,因为杰拉尔德在强壮的一家人中是最小和最矮的一个。