cater
美音:
[´keıtə
]英音:
[´keıtə
]vi.备办食物,满足(需要),投合
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词形变化:
名词:caterer 动词过去式:catered 过去分词:catered 现在分词:catering 第三人称单数:caters
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cater
/'keɪtə(r); `ketɚ/
v
1 (a) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth/sb) provide food and services, esp at social functions 提供饮食及服务(尤指社交方面)
*cater for a party, banquet, etc 为聚会、宴会等备办食物
* Fifty is a lot of people to cater for! 承办五十人的饮食可够多的!
(b) [Tn] (esp US) provide food and services for (a party, banquet, etc) 为(聚会、宴会等)提供饮食及服务.
2 [Ipr]
(a) ~ for sb/sth provide what is needed or desired by sb/sth 由某人[某事物]提供、迎合
*TV must cater for many different tastes. 电视节目必须迎合各种人的爱好.
(b) ~ to sth try to satisfy a particular need or demand 满足某种需要或要求
*newspapers catering to people's love of scandal 迎合人们爱看丑闻消息的报纸.
cater
v [I and T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: cater 'someone who provides food, caterer' (14-17 centuries), from Anglo-French acatour, from Old North French acater 'to buy']
to provide and serve food and drinks at a party, meeting etc, usually as a business
cater for
This is the biggest event we've ever catered for.
Joan has catered functions for up to 200 people.
cater for / [cater for sb/sth] phr v
to provide a particular group of people with the things they need or want
an LA bank catering to Asian businesses
Vegetarians are well catered for.
Most perfume ads cater to male fantasies.
1. These TV programmes cater for children. 这些电视节目是为孩子们服务的
2. Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively. 假日旅馆趋向于专为同一国籍的来访者提供酒食,有时是排外的,
3. Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively. 假日旅馆有只接待来自一个国家的旅游者的倾向,有时会达到排他的程度。
4. Shops cater for the do-it- yourself craze by running special advisory services for novices. 商店为了迎合“自己动手”的狂热心理,为新手经营专门的咨询服务.
5. Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze not only by running special advisory services for novices, 为了满足自己动手热的需要,商店不仅为初学者提供专门的咨询服务,
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