comprador
n. 买办 [经] 买办
发音
/kɒm.pɹəˈdɔɹ/
/kɒm.pɹəˈdɔː/
词形变化
compradors
复数
compradors
别名
compodore
compradore
释义与例句
n.
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1.
An intermediary.
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2.
A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser.
买办
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3.
A ship's chandler in the Far East.
航海 交通
相关短语
词源
From Portuguese comprador (“buyer”), from Late Latin comparator, from Latin comparō (“to buy”), from con- (“with”) + paro (“to furnish”). In Far East, originally applied to native servants in European households, later to native managers in European businesses.
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