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小词详解 | patron
patron 英 [ˈpeɪtrən] 美 [ˈpeɪtrən]
Sixty percent of women’s football teams in the biggest leagues now sport front-of-shirt patrons different to those for the men’s team at the same club, according to Deloitte.
根据咨询公司德勤的数据,在最大的那些足球联赛里,现在60%的女子足球队的球衣胸前广告赞助商和同一个俱乐部里男队的赞助商都不是同一家。
——《经济学人》The fruit and vegetable peddlers have boxed up and boarded up, and the last patrons of air-conditioned restaurants have stepped out to evaporate in the late June warmth.
卖蔬果的小贩已经收摊关门,最后一批食客已走出空调开放的餐厅,消散在六月末的温暖中。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 为个人、组织、事业或活动提供财务或其他支持的人
No man’s genius, however shining, can raise him from obscurity unless he has industry, opportunity and also a patron to recommend him.
一个人不管有多么光辉的天才,假如没有勤奋和机会以及赞助人的推介,也会湮没无闻的。
sponsor: an individual or organization that pays some or all of the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising backer: a person, institution, or country that supports someone or something, especially financially donor: a person who donates something, especially money to a fund or charity