- 1nB2/səˈplaɪər/ · /səˈplaɪə/供應商
A company, person, or country that provides goods or materials that people or businesses need, usually on a regular basis.
示範例句 · Example
The company is now the main supplier of educational software to schools across the country.
逐字這家公司現在是全國各地學校教育軟體的主要供應商。
「supplier」指提供『貨品或原料』給公司、顧客的廠商或國家，例如汽車零件供應商、麵粉供應商，常見搭配是 supplier of + 東西（the main supplier of software）。跟 provider 不太一樣——provider 通常用在『服務』上（例如 internet service provider 網路服務供應商），supplier 通常用在『看得到、摸得到的貨品或原料』上。
常見搭配
main/major supplier
主要供應商
the company that provides the largest or most important share of something
This factory is the major supplier of car parts in the region.
leading supplier
領先的供應商
the supplier that is the biggest or best known in its field
The company became the leading supplier of solar panels in just five years.
component supplier
零件供應商
a company that supplies parts used to build a larger product
Component suppliers stopped making deliveries until they were paid.
foreign supplier
國外供應商
a supplier based in another country
The store had to deal directly with a foreign supplier after the local one closed down.
core核心畫面
Picture the company at the far end of the delivery — the one that keeps the goods or materials coming so someone else can make or sell things. A supplier is that source, and the word implies an ongoing arrangement rather than a one-off sale.
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
suppliernoun/səˈplaɪə/
- 1
One who supplies; a provider.
- A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
- 2
ball-gamesgameshobbiesSomeone who assists (sets up) a goal.
- Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。