patron是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 赞助人; 资助人; 老顾客, 主顾，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion, and clattering about the room, you would have thought St. Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figur-ing before you in person.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The old dignitary, as patron of the family, took the opportunity of murmuring some kind of admonition to the general, and added, in flattering terms, that he was most interested in Aglaya's future.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In place of enlivening his patron with a constant fire of wit or the cheerful rattle of his quarter-staff on the heads of his relations and acquaintance, here was that beaming Punch utterly devoid of spine, all slack and drooping in a dark box, with his legs doubled up round his neck, and not one of his social qualities remaining.
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