comprador
/ˌkɒmprəˈdɔː(r)/(亦作compradore)
noun
- a person within a country who acts as an agent for foreign organizations engaged in investment, trade, or economic or political exploitation买办。
词源
early 17th cent. (denoting a local person employed in a European household in SE Asia or India to make small purchases and keep the household accounts)： from Portuguese， 'buyer'， from late Latin comparator, from Latin comparare 'to purchase'， from com- 'with'+parare 'provide'.