| 释义 |
ca·ter¹ /ˈkeɪtə(r)/ vi. | vt.
❶ vi.
1. 〈主英〉(尤指非在餐馆内)提供饮食及服务，承办酒席；提供娱乐节目(for)
Who is catering at your sister's wedding? 谁给你姐姐承办婚宴?
run a restaurant and cater for weddings and parties 经营饭馆并(外出)承办婚礼和宴会酒席
10,000 visitors an hour can be catered for. 每小时可接待1万名游客吃饭。
BBC Light Programme caters for the masses. 英国广播公司的轻松节目为大众提供娱乐。
2. 满足需要(或欲望)；考虑；投合，迎合；悉心照料(for,to)
try to cater for all opinions 试图迎合所有不同的意见
a clothing store catering to teenagers 以青少年为对象的服装店
an economic policy of catering to the consumer 照顾消费者利益的经济政策
We're going to cater to your every desire. 对于你，我们会有求必应的。
He felt catered to and at the same time embarrassed. 他感到受宠若惊。
cater to a sick boy 悉心护理生病的男孩
❷ vt.
为…提供饮食及服务，承办(宴会、婚礼等)的酒席
We don't need your kitchen. We'll have everything catered. 我们不需要用你的厨房。我们会把吃的东西全部做好送来的。
cater a banquet 承办酒宴
[< 废词 catour purchaser < ME acatour < Ang-Norm acater to buy < VL accaptāre to acquire, accept] |