backer

英 [ˈbækə(r)]

美 [ˈbækər]

n.  支持者; 资助者; 赞助人

复数：backers　

经济

Collins.1 / BNC.12387 / COCA.9207

牛津词典

noun

• 支持者；资助者；赞助人
  a person or company that gives support to sb/sth, especially financial support

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 支持者；资助者
  Abackeris someone who helps or supports a project, organization, or person, often by giving or lending money.
  1. I was looking for a backer to assist me in the attempted buy-out.
     我正在寻找一位支持我收购的出资人。

英英释义

noun

• invests in a theatrical production
  Synonym:angel

双语例句

• Is Mozilla in danger of losing their biggest financial backer?
  Mozilla是否处于失去最大的财力支持者的危险之中？
• A few years ago my husband invited his business backer to dinner.
  几年前，我丈夫邀请了他的业务赞助者用晚餐。
• Have you got any comments on the proposed promotion of Tom backer?
  你以提议给汤姆贝克升职有什么评价？
• From then on, without backer, the cirrus had to creep on ground and struggle for life.
  从此，藤蔓再无依恃，只能匍匐在地上苦苦挣扎求生。
• The backer managed to gather a small group of curious passersby round the platform.
  那人大喊大叫，设法把一小群好奇的过路人聚集在戏台周围。
• "We have great expectations," said backer Kevin Christie.
  赞助人凯文·克里斯蒂说：我们对这个项目抱有很高的期望。
• At the time, Canada was a strong backer of hydroelectric power, which had played a key role in the country's early industrialization.
  当时加拿大对水电推崇备至，因为水电在该国早期工业化进程中发挥了重要作用。
• I was looking for a backer to assist me in the attempted buy-out.
  我正在寻找一位支持我收购的出资人。
• I was hoping for a backer, but the project was too chancy.
  我希望有支持者，但这项目风险太大。
• Tom is my principal backer; if he withdraws his support, I don't see how I can be elected.
  汤姆是我主要的支持者，如果他撤销了他的援助，我不知我如何才能被选上。