Oh, hugely sceptical and sometimes very patronising.

极度怀疑，有时还有高人一等的态度。

" Sunsetters" and " nightcappers" risk being patronising.

" 夕阳红" （Sunsetters）和" 陈年老酒" （nightcappers）可能有居高临下的意味。

Other colleagues were patronising – they behaved towards her as if she were stupid or unimportant.

其他同事都高人一等的态度——他们对她的态度就好像是做说她很愚蠢或不重要。

Sorry to sound patronising. But you do know why the letters in the alphabet are in that particular order?

抱歉，这听起来有点自命不凡。但是你知道为什么字母表里的字母是按这种特殊的顺序排列的吗？

And finally, if someone is patronising you, they speak or behave towards you as if you were stupid or unimportant.

最后，如果有人以高人一等的态度对待你，他们对你的说话或行为就好像你很愚蠢或不重要一样。

Perhaps they fear saying the wrong thing or seeming patronising.

也许他们害怕说错话或显得居高临下。

Margaret wished she could have helped feeling that it also became more patronising.

玛格丽特希望她能帮助感觉它也变得更加光顾。

When he discovered the details of Philip's education his manner became more patronising still.

当他发现菲利普受教育的细节时， 他的态度变得更加居高临下了。

It's not patronising, but it's really trying to do it together and grow and define your own journey.

这不是光顾， 但它真的是在努力一起做， 成长和定义你自己的旅程。

I don't like him because he's a patronising bastard who sneaks behind my back, but I've got other things to worry about.

我不喜欢他是因为他这个目中无人的混蛋在我背后搞鬼，但我没工夫管他的闲事。

While Charles was patronising a Carolingian court renaissance in England, his realms were experiencing a range of different problems in the 1630s.

当查尔斯在英格兰支持加洛林宫廷文艺复兴时，他的王国在 1630 年代遇到了一系列不同的问题。

The main reason it would be better to make your suggestion like this is that this avoids giving condescending, or patronising, or unsympathetic advice to someone.

最好这样提出建议的主要原因是，这样可以避免向某人提供居高临下、居高临下或冷漠的建议。

A patronising put down behind her back, to put her in her place as a woman, possibly even meant to be hurtful, given that in reality she has no children.

在背后贬低她，把她放在一个女人的位置上，甚至可能是有意伤害她，因为事实上她并没有孩子。

Jack. (In a very patronising manner.) My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

杰克。 （以一种非常居高临下的态度）我亲爱的朋友，真相可不是那种告诉一个漂亮、甜美、优雅的女孩的事情。你对对待女人的方式有多么非凡的想法！

We're so afraid of patronising ourselves, we can find it very hard to accept the bewildering way in which, in certain areas, at times we truly can be slammed back into being a frightened, panicky, perspective-less young version of ourselves.

我们非常害怕屈尊俯就，在某些领域，在某些时候，我们真的会很难接受，不明所以地被猛烈推落到更加恐惧、惊慌和没有洞察力的幼稚的地下深渊。

That might be patronising; your friend is seeing themselves as: " It didn't take me long to get a job, but, you know, after a few months, you'll probably get something. You can work your way up." That would be patronising.

那可能是光顾；你的朋友认为自己是这样的：“我没花很长时间就找到了工作， 但是，你知道，几个月后，你可能会得到一些东西。 你可以努力向上。 ” 那将是光顾。