sponsor

n. 赞助者；主办者；保证人

vt. 赞助；发起

中文词源

sponsor 赞助者，赞助商，支持者

来自拉丁语 sponsor,洗礼人，来自 sponsus,担保的，承诺的，过去分词格于 spondere,担保，承诺，来自 PIE*spend,献祭，履行仪式，承诺，词源同 spouse,correspond.引申诸相关词义。

sponsor: sponsor: [17] Etymologically, a sponsor is someone who makes a ‘solemn promise’. The word was borrowed from Latin sponsor, a derivative of spondēre ‘promise solemnly’, which denoted ‘someone who stands surely for another’. In the Christian era it came to be used for a ‘godparent’, which was its original sense in English. From the same source come English despond, respond, spouse, and probably spontaneous [17].
=> despond, respond, spontaneous, spouse
sponsor (n.): 1650s, from Late Latin sponsor "sponsor in baptism," in Latin "a surety, guarantee, bondsman," from sponsus, past participle of spondere "give assurance, promise solemnly" (see spondee). Sense of "person who pays for a radio (or, after 1947, TV) program" is first recorded 1931.
sponsor (v.): 1884, "to favor or support," from sponsor (n.). Commercial broadcasting sense is from 1931. Related: Sponsored; sponsoring.

1. Most companies are looking to sponsor students on specific courses.: 大部分公司在寻求机会资助学习某些特定课程的学生.

2. We have to make the states that sponsor terrorism pay a price.: 我们必须让那些支持恐怖主义的国家付出代价。

4. Companies will now be able to sponsor programmes on ITV and Channel 4.: 现在公司可以在独立电视台和第4频道上出资做节目广告了。

5. Please could you sponsor me for my school's campaign for Help the Aged?: 我在参加我们学校举办的“助老”募捐活动，您能赞助我吗？