provider

• n. 供应者；养家者

词态变化

英文词源

provider (n.)

1520s, agent noun from provide.

双语例句

1. Many mothers see their son as a potential protector and provider.

许多母亲将儿子看成是未来的保护人和赡养人。

来自柯林斯例句

2. an Internet service provider

互联网服务供应商

来自《权威词典》

3. Some see themselves as the provider of ideas, while others view their role as essen-tially managerial.

有些人自认为是出谋划策的人，其他人则认为他们主要是起管理方面的作用。

来自柯林斯例句

4. It was not the done thing. In those days the man was supposed to be the provider.

那不符合社会习俗。在那个年代，养家的应该是男人。

来自柯林斯例句

5. In choosing a partner we are subconsciously assessing their evolutionary fitness to be a mother of children or father provider and protector.

在选择伴侣的时候,我们会在潜意识里衡量对方将来是否会是称职的母亲或者父亲,是否会是合格的一家之主.

来自《简明英汉词典》