[] () a person or a company that helps pay the costs of sth such as a special event, a sports team or a scientific project, usually in order to advertise their products赞助者；赞助商◆They are the main sponsors of the conference.他们是这次会议的主要赞助商。◆The name of the club's sponsors appears on the shirt.这家俱乐部赞助商的名称印在衬衫上。◆The race organizers are trying to attract major sponsors.比赛组织者正设法吸引大赞助商。➡ see note at finance ⨁a big / major sponsor大赞助商⨁a commercial / corporate / an industrial / a private sponsor商业／公司／行业／私人赞助者 () () a person or a business that pays for a radio or TV programme or part of a website by buying advertising time（出资用广播、电视节目或网站做广告的）广告者◆Click here to visit our sponsors.点击这里到访我们的赞助商。a person or company that supports sb by paying for their training or education（培训或教育的）资助者a person who agrees to be officially responsible for another person保证人