suitor

英 [ˈsuːtə(r)]

美 [ˈsuːtər]

n.  求婚者; 有意收购另一公司的公司

复数：suitors　

TEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14936 / COCA.12528

牛津词典

noun

• 求婚者
  a man who wants to marry a particular woman
• 有意收购另一公司的公司
  a company that wants to buy another company

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 求婚者;追求者
  A woman'ssuitoris a man who wants to marry her.
  1. My mother had a suitor who adored her.
     我妈妈曾经有一个爱慕她的追求者。
• N-COUNT 有意收购另一公司的公司(或机构)
  Asuitoris a company or organization that wants to buy another company.
  1. The company was making little progress in trying to find a suitor...
     该公司试图找到一家收购公司，但进展甚微。
  2. Whatever is offered by the bank is unlikely to be improved on by any rival suitor.
     其他竞争收购方不大可能开出比这家银行更高的价码。

英英释义

noun

• a man who courts a woman
  1. a suer for the hand of the princess
  Synonym:suerwooer

双语例句

• Will you promise me to not receive any other suitor in my absence?
  你能答应我在我不在的时候不接受任何追求者吗？
• The duchess, who is a distant relative of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, has divided her fortune between her six children to convince them that her suitor is besotted with her rather than her money.
  这位女公爵是英国前首相丘吉尔和已故黛安娜王妃的远亲。她已经将自己的财产全部分给了自己的子女，以让他们相信自己的未来伴侣只是想要她而不是她的钱。
• Her particularly persistent Louisiana suitor, Edward Summerville by name, was irritated by Nora's continued aloofness.
  来自路易西安那的追求者也特别固执，名字是爱德华索姆威勒，劳拉始终的冷淡使他微愠。
• This time it was a rival suitor who made his appearance, and Brian's hot Irish temper rose when he saw another Richmond in the field.
  这次是一个求婚的情敌露面了，布赖恩看到这又一个意想不到的对手时，他那火爆的爱尔兰人脾气发作了。
• Of course, before the war, Will would certainly not have been an eligible suitor. None of the suitors could bend the bow of Odysseus.
  在战前威尔当然不是个合格的求婚者。没有一个求婚者能拉动奥得修斯的弓。
• Now it happened that the first suitor was an old man with squint eyes and a cough.
  也真不凑巧，第一个求婚的是个老头儿，此人长着一双斜眼不说，还老咳嗽。
• Her mind is all of a piece: there is a pre-established harmony between her constancy to the dead husband and her repugnance to the new suitor.
  她的思想始终如一：在她对已故丈夫的忠贞与对新求婚者的反感之间存在着一种预定的和谐。
• The duchess has divided her fortune between her six children to convince them that her suitor is besotted with her rather than her money and the kinds of possessions that are considered national treasures, reports said.
  报道称，女公爵为了说服子女们相信她的追求者爱的是她的人而不是她的钱，或是所谓的国家财富，而将财产分配给了自己的6个子女。
• My mother had a suitor who adored her.
  我妈妈曾经有一个爱慕她的追求者。
• Genting, the resorts and casinos to palm oil group, is a prime potential suitor.
  作为一家经营度假胜地、赌场和生产棕榈油的集团，云顶可谓是主要的潜在求婚者之一。