He started getting more power politically and financially by setting himself up as the patron of the patronless.

他通过给别人当庇护人来提高自己的政治及金融地位。

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Frederick the Great was the patron of many artists.

腓特烈大帝是许多艺术家的赞助人。

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Oh Aurora, lay off the Patron.

哦，黎明之神，请将守护神解雇了吧！

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The ground has been dedicated under Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology.

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But he had great birth, and so he started getting more power politically and financially by setting himself up as the patron of the patronless.

但是出身很好，于是他通过给人当庇护人,来提高自己的政治及金融地位。

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But there's one thing that the Romans made even more of, than the Greeks had made of, and this is the patron-client structure.

但有一样东西罗马人比希腊人，做得更极致，即庇护关系。

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Its first public ceremony was the beatification of San Isidro, the patron saint of the city.

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He is the patron saint (with Catherine and Bernardino of Siena) of the nation of Italy.

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The archbishop is the patron of the academy, which will specialise in science, business and enterprise.

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