cater
['keitə]
v.提供饮食及服务, 迎合, 满足
例句与用法:
Shops cater for the do-it- yourself craze by offering consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home.
商店为了迎合“自己动手”的狂热心理,为消费者提供可以在家里组装的零件。
He has to cater for his boss.
他得迎合他的老板。
Our politicians should learn to cater for the man in the street.
我们的政治家要学会投合广大普通群众的需要。
词形变化:
名词: caterer | 动词过去式: catered | 动词过去分词: catered | 动词现在分词: catering | 动词第三人称单数: caters |
详细释义:
vi.
1. 提供饮食; 承办宴席[(+for)]
He runs a restaurant and also caters for weddings and parties.
他经营饭店, 还承办婚礼和宴会酒席。
2. 满足需要(或欲望); 迎合, 投合[(+for/to)]
Those newspapers cater to the lowest tastes.
那些报纸迎合最低级的趣味。
vt.
为……提供饮食, 承办(宴会等)的酒席
Who's catering your daughter's wedding?
谁给你女儿承办婚宴?
短语词组:
cater for
1. 顾及; 为……提供所需
Our newspapers try to cater for all opinions.
我们的报纸尽量反映各种不同的意见。
cater to
1. 迎合; 为……服务
Those newspapers cater to the lowest tastes.
这些报纸迎合低级趣味。