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.
雙語例句
1. Most companies are looking to sponsor students on specific courses.
大部分公司在尋求機會資助學習某些特定課程的學生.
來自柯林斯例句
2. We have to make the states that sponsor terrorism pay a price.
我們必須讓那些支持恐怖主義的國家付出代價。
來自柯林斯例句
3. She was my sponsor when I was applying for Party membership.
她是我的入黨介紹人.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. Companies will now be able to sponsor programmes on ITV and Channel 4.
現在公司可以在獨立電視台和第4頻道上出資做節目廣告了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Please could you sponsor me for my school's campaign for Help the Aged?