英文字 Patronize 怎麼使用?

Patronize 就是恭維的意思，而恭維一個人就是為了安慰人而假裝讚美或崇拜的意思，以下是一對夫妻的對話。

Wife: You are great. You make money. You provide for the family.

Husband: Don't patronize me. You make money too. In fact, you make more money than I do.

Wife: I don't care who makes more money. The fact that we stay together as a family is the only thing that matters to me.

Husband: You are right. I love you.

Wife: I love you too.

一開始先生說 Don't patronize me. 表達對妻子的不滿，因為妻子對先生說了恭維的話 (即使妻子是真心這樣說的)，在這裡使用 Patronize 就對了。

我們再看下一個例句:

A: What should we do?

B: Don't patronize me. You know exactly what to do.

A 為了給 B 機會表現故意這麼問，但 B 不領情，反而說 "別恭維我"。

這樣子大家都清楚了嗎? 有問題請發問!