I was only trying to explain; I didn't want to sound patronizing.我只是想解释一下而已，绝无自诩清高之意。I simply cannot put up with your abjection to his patronizing tone.我就是受不了你对他那种高高在上的腔调还那么低三下四.The voice was patronizing and affecte...
We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.我们被禁止使用母语，违者将被关进监狱。She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.她因投毒和谋杀未遂被判20年监禁。In 1977 he was convict...