2019.01.16
周三 Wednesday
patronage
/'peitrənidʒ/
n. 赞助
宜
升迁
改行
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Queen Elizabeth is reportedly planning to hand over some of her royal duties to Meghan Markle.
据报道，伊丽莎白女王正打算把自己的一部分王室职责转交给梅根·马克尔。
Meghan Markle has already had quite the year as a new royal, and it looks like things are only going to get more involved for her.
在这一年中，梅根·马克尔作为一名新晋王室成员过得可谓精彩，而现在看来她的参与度还会越来越高。
Apparently, the queen is set to hand over some of her royal duties to Meghan, which Megs will begin as soon as February.
显然，女王已经要把自己的一些王室职责交给梅根打理了，梅根最早在2月就能开始接手这些工作了。
The Daily Mail reports that Queen Elizabeth is looking to lighten her work load (she is 92, after all) and met with Meghan and Harry in December at Buckingham Palace for tea and to discuss which of her patronages Meghan will take on.
根据《每日邮报》报道，伊丽莎白女王想要减轻一下自己的工作负担（毕竟她已经92岁了），为此她在12月把梅根和哈里王子叫去白金汉宫喝了茶，然后商量了她的哪些赞助工作可以交给梅根来打理。
And FYI, a royal patronage is when a royal lends their name and support a charity or organization, which range from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust to the Lawn Tennis Association.
在此先说明一下，所谓的王室赞助就是指王室把自己的名义借给慈善项目和一些机构来使用，其中就包括纳粹大屠杀悼念日信托基金和草地网球协会。
The queen has increasingly been having other members of the royal family take on her patronages, including Prince William and Kate Middleton, so it's not a surprise that Meghan will be getting her own.
女王现在已经越来越多地让其他王室成员来接任自己的赞助工作，包括威廉王子和凯特王妃，所以现在让梅根接任也并不让人感到意外。
Royal insiders are speculating that Meghan will take on patronages that "reflect her interest in feminism and the arts," and it looks like we'll soon find out which charities and organizations Meghan will get involved with.
王室专家们推测，梅根接任的那些赞助工作应该会“展现出她在女性主义与艺术方面的兴趣”，目前看来我们很快就能知道梅根会参与到哪些慈善项目与机构当中去了。
An announcement is set to be made in February, and apparently Meghan will be meeting with each new patronage before her due date.
正式的声明将在2月份放出，显然，在梅根到任之前她会去和每一个新的赞助对象见面。
Basically, it looks like Meghan is in for a busy couple of months!
总的来讲，梅根在接下去这几个月似乎有得忙了！
今日词汇
patronage
/'peitrənidʒ/
n. 赞助
这个词最基础的意思是“光顾”。
Thank you for your patronage.
感谢你的惠顾。
不过它最常见的意思还是“赞助”。
We are studying government patronage of the arts in Europe.
我们正在研究欧洲政府对艺术的赞助。
它的核心部分是 patron，这个词的意思是“赞助人”、“老顾客”。
Frederick the Great was the patron of many artists.
腓特烈大帝是很多艺术家的赞助人。
Patrons are requested not to smoke.
请顾客们不要吸烟。
它们共同的动词是 patronize，它除了表示“赞助”和“光顾”，也表示“以高人一等的姿态对待别人”：
She patronizes many contemporary British artists.
她赞助了许多英国的当代艺术家。
The club is patronized by students and locals alike.
学生们和当地居民都经常去那个俱乐部。
Some television programmes tend to patronize children.
有些电视节目总是以大人们高人一等的态度来对待孩子。
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