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backer

/bak-er/US // ˈbæk ər //UK // (ˈbækə) //

支持者,支援者,支持人,后援会

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who supports or aids a person, cause, enterprise, etc.
    • : a person who bets on a competitor in a race or contest.
    • : canvas or other material used for backing.

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Examples

  • Existing backers also participated in the round, including Foundation Capital and Mountain Nazca.

  • I was reminded of that story this week when the news broke around Robinhood phoning its backers, seeking more than $1 billon.

  • Tiger Global Management led the round, which also saw participation from a slew of other investors including GGV Capital, Moore Specialty Credit, JAWS Ventures, and existing backers such as a16z.

  • She was elected to the House in November, becoming the first public backer of QAnon, an extremist ideology based on falsehoods, to win a seat.

  • Its backers include the likes of Sequoia, Bessemer, FirstMark, Rho Ventures and consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion.

  • A major backer for one Britton Holdings investment is a Chinese conglomerate active in the energy sector.

  • When a golfer is out there on the course, any new bet he makes is probably made with his own money, without the help of a backer.

  • Vince Beltrami has been a major backer of the effort happening in this state.

  • Backer says he relishes the idea of the issue going to court.

  • And while the agency dithers, adds Backer, the regulatory landscape falls increasingly behind the times.

  • "There is a lie without a backer, it seems;" and he looked round on all the company with his calm superior eye.

  • It was two o'clock before "Dutchy" Mack's backer threw the sponge into the air, and three before they reached the city.

  • But Paul would not give up, and he had a good backer in Wallace.

  • Lin, in some way known only to herself, had fathomed Alfred's plans; she even knew the backer's name.

  • Not all of us can bring to mind immediately the names Qutif and De Backer that are needed to find the references.