sponsor
n
1 person who makes himself responsible for another (eg sb who is training for sth) 担保人, 保人(如为求学者作担保者).
2 godparent 教父; 教母.
3 person who puts forward or guarantees a proposal (eg for a new law) 发起者; 倡议者; 提案人; (建议的)保证人.
4 person or firm that pays for a radio or TV programme, or for a musical, artistic or sporting event, usu in order to use them for advertising 赞助人; 赞助公司; 广告客户.
5 person who pays money to charity in return for a specified activity by another person 向慈善事业捐款以换取他人的某项活动者. sponsor, v [Tn]
act as a sponsor for (sb/sth) 担保或赞助(某人[某事物]); 倡议(某事)
an athlete sponsored by a bank 由某银行资助的运动员
a sponsored walk, ie one over a fixed distance for which the walkers arrange sponsorship beforehand in aid of charity 募捐性步行
a government-sponsored cheap textbooks scheme 政府资助的提供廉价教科书的方案
I'm doing a sponsored swim on Saturday will you sponsor me? 星期六我要参加慈善游泳--您愿意出钱赞助吗?
and we have to lower into the ground and haul out of the ground great lengths of drill pipe which are rotated by an engine at the top and are fitted with a cutting bit at the bottom.