sponsor
n. 保证人, 赞助者, 发起者, 倡议者, 教父 vt. 发起, 赞助, 倡议
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赞助者；主办者；保证人
someone who officially agrees to help someone else, or to be responsible for what they do
赞助；发起
to give money to a sports event, theatre, institution etc, especially in exchange for the right to advertise
释义与例句
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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.
保证人
He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
They were my sponsors for immigration.
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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.
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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.
赞助者
And now a word from our sponsor.
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To be a sponsor for.
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词源
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
来源：wiktionary