A purveyor is a person or a business whose work is to supply something. In older English, a purveyor often supplied food to a big household, a city, or the army — a steward of stores.

A purveyor is指 a person or a business一個人或一家公司，whose work is to supply something工作是供應某樣東西。In older English在比較舊式的英文裡，a purveyor often supplied purveyor常常是供應 food to a big household, a city, or the army食物給大戶人家、城市或軍隊的人——a steward of stores也就是管理物資的人。

Today you still see it on fancy food labels: purveyor of fine teas, purveyor of cheeses. That use sounds proud and a bit old-shop.

Today you still see it現在你還是會在 on fancy food labels高級食品標籤上看到它：purveyor of fine teas「purveyor of fine teas」（優質茶葉供應商）、purveyor of cheeses「purveyor of cheeses」（起司供應商）。That use sounds proud and a bit old-shop這種用法聽起來很有自豪感，也帶點老店的味道。

News writers also stretch it: a purveyor of ideas, a purveyor of conspiracy theories. The second of those is not a compliment; it paints the person as someone who hands out a product, not someone you should simply believe.

News writers also stretch it新聞寫作也會把它用得更寬：a purveyor of ideas「a purveyor of ideas」（思想的供應者）、a purveyor of conspiracy theories「a purveyor of conspiracy theories」（陰謀論的散布者）。The second of those is not a compliment後面這個不是稱讚；it paints the person as它把這個人描繪成 someone who hands out a product一個只是在發送商品的人，not someone you should simply believe而不是一個你該直接相信的人。

The word is formal. In everyday talk, people say supplier, shop, or just the company name. Though actually, the job-title smell never quite left: a purveyor is thought of as being in the business of that thing, not doing it once.

The word is formal這個字很正式。In everyday talk日常說話中，people say supplier, shop, or just the company name大家會說supplier（供應商）、shop（店家），或直接講公司名字。Though actually不過實際上，the job-title smell never quite left那種「職稱」的味道還是一直在：a purveyor is thought of as being in the business of that thing一個purveyor被想成是長期在做那個生意的人，not doing it once而不是只做過一次的人。