patronizing
居高臨下的
辨認看似幫忙的優越態度
His patronizing words made her feel that he thought she was not very smart.
他居高臨下的話，讓她覺得他認為她不太聰明。
義項
居高臨下的C1adjective居高臨下的
His patronizing words made her feel that he thought she was not very smart.
他居高臨下的話，讓她覺得他認為她不太聰明。
a patronizing tonea patronizing manner
片語
a patronizing smile高姿態微笑 →居高臨下的微笑
a patronizing remark高姿態言語 →居高臨下的話
你會不會這樣說？
只要表面說話親切，就不可能是 patronizing 嗎？
看答案
不是
看似親切仍可能把對方看低。
字族
patronize 以優越態度對待