sponsor

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɒn.səː/    美 /ˈspɑn.sɚ/|/ˈspɒn.sɚ/|/ˈspɔn.səː/|/ˈspɒ̝n.səː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
    — He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
  2. A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.; A senior member of a twelve step or similar program chosen to guide an initiate and form a partnership with them.
    — My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.
  3. A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
    — And now a word from our sponsor.
动词 v.
  1. To be a sponsor for. transitive
    — Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

词形变化

sponsors plural sponsors present,singular,third-person sponsoring participle,present sponsored participle,past sponsored past

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
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