To this correspondent I did not reply that I wished I knew him--which I do--that, even as he, so I had frequently been galled by the rudeness and the patronizing of various specimens, high and low, of the English race. But something I did reply, to the effect that I asked nobody to consider England flawless, or any nation a charitable institution, but merely to be fair, and to consider a cordial understanding between us greatly to our future advantage. To this he answered, in part, as follows:英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
I did not answer; there was too much to exasperate in these prodigies of cunning which he could never trouble to tell me at the time. And I knew why he had kept his latest feats to himself: unwilling to trust me outside the house, he had systematically exaggerated the dangers of his own walks abroad; and when to these injuries he added the insult of a patronizing compliment on my late disguise, I again made no reply.英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
Think of it! He felt so flattered that he blushed to the tips of his ears. It must have been Miss Clara Broby who had induced them to be so polite to him, for those insolent cadets, who only nodded patronizingly to him in response to his deferential greeting, would never have asked for "the pleasure of his company."英文原著 · 《Boyhood in Norway》
"You do yourself injustice, my dear Pettigrew," he said in a patronizing manner. "You do indeed. You may not be polished, but you are certainly smart, as you have shown by accumulating a fortune."英文原著 · 《Cast Upon the Breakers》
I just wanted to tell you guys I know I made a horrible first impression. now you know why models don't usually talk. because we say a lot of stupid, patronizing things what I should've said was... my husband's never home.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
I'm not saying that I haven't been charmed by Harvey, but it's just so patronizing when you say that he can handle those things and, "Louis, you can only handle this." Jessica, I could have handled Gerald Tate.美剧 · 《Suits》
It could be patronizing, being put up as some kind of feel-good, human interest story.美剧 · 《The Good Doctor》