sponsor
verb [ T ] uk/ˈspɒn.sər/ us/ˈspɑːn.sɚ/
B2 资助，赞助;支持
to support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help
The team is sponsored by JVC, so the players wear the letters JVC on their shirts. 该队是由JVC公司赞助的，所以队员们的衬衫上都有JVC几个字母。
Eva said she was doing a ten-mile walk for charity and asked if I'd sponsor her. 伊娃说她打算步行10英里募集慈善捐款，问我愿不愿意赞助她。
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- I'll sponsor you for £10 - it's all in a good cause.
- I've sponsored her £1 for every mile that she runs.
- We're trying to find companies to sponsor us.
- The event was sponsored by several local businesses.
- I'm trying to get people at work to sponsor me to do a hundred-mile cycle.