A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.人口中有一大部分说以法语为基础的混合语。In France patois was spoken in rural, less developed regions.在法国，欠发达的农村地区说方言。He speaks the local patois.他会说当地方言....
他们被指控组织并资助地下青年运动。They are accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement.叶卡捷琳娜大帝资助发展艺术和科学。Catherine the Great was a patron of the arts and sciences.这家公司已经资助了当地好几部电影。The company has bankrolled a couple ...
Shopkeepers would once have been pillars of the Tory establishment...商店店主一度本该成为保守党统治集团的重要支柱。He's been charged with extorting protection money from the shopkeepers.他被指控对店主敲诈勒索保护费.Shopkeepers were taping up their wind...