In 1755 British writer Samuel Johnson published an acerbic letter to Lord Chesterfield rebuking his patron for neglect and declining further support.(1755年,英国作家塞缪尔·约翰逊发表了一封给切斯特菲尔德勋爵的尖刻的信,谴责他的赞助人的忽视和拒绝进一步的支持。)
It's a flexible system that we're still tweaking based on patron feedback.(这是一个灵活的体系,我们现在还在根据用户反馈进行调整。)
Perhaps I could "lend" her fifteen or twenty francs, to quiet the patron?(或许我能“借”给她十五或二十法郎叫旅馆老板闭嘴?)
He loves cricket, and has long been the patron of the Zimbabwe cricket Union.(他喜爱板球,一直是津巴布韦板球联盟的赞助人。)
Mr Putin, his partner and patron, is due to leave office in 2008.(他的伙伴和资助人普京2008年将离任。)
Murphy of Murphy's Law fame seems to be my patron saint.(著名的墨菲法则(Murphy'sLaw)的墨菲(Murphy)就像是我的守护神。)
Hideyoshi was also a great and enthusiastic patron of many arts.(丰臣秀吉同时还是许多艺术的热心赞助人。)
We hope that a patron will purchase this and offer it to an important museum.(我们希望一个赞助人买下它、并把它捐给一个重要的博物馆。)
That breeds an unhealthy client-patron dependency at every level.(这在每一级都滋生了一种不健康的“客户-赞助人”的依赖关系。)
One thing the Romans did better than the Greeks was patron-client structure.(有一样东西罗马人比希腊人做得更极致,即庇护关系。)