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/səˈplaɪər/ · /səˈplaɪə/
A company, person, or country that provides goods or materials that people or businesses need, usually on a regular basis.
供應商
複數 suppliers
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.
可以想成：送貨路線最上游的那一家——它持續把貨品或原料送過來，別人才做得出東西、賣得出東西。supplier 就是這…更多收起
可以想成：送貨路線最上游的那一家——它持續把貨品或原料送過來，別人才做得出東西、賣得出東西。supplier 就是這個來源。這個字帶著「長期配合」的意味，不是買賣一次就結束的關係，這也是它和一般 seller 語感不同的地方。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。