单词 | sponsor |
释义 | sponsor —sponsorial /spon sawr"ee euhl, -sohr"-/, adj. —sponsorship, n. /spon"seuhr/, n. 1. a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing. 2. a person, firm, organization, etc., that finances and buys the time to broadcast a radio or television program so as to advertise a product, a political party, etc. 3. a person who makes a pledge or promise on behalf of another. 4. a person who answers for an infant at baptism, making the required professions and assuming responsibility for the child's religious upbringing; godfather or godmother. v.t. 5. to act as sponsor for; promise, vouch, or answer for. [1645-55; < L sponsor guarantor, equiv. to spond(ere) to pledge + -tor -TOR, with dt > s] Syn. 1. patron, backer; guarantor. 2. advertiser. 5. guarantee, finance, back, underwrite. |
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