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emptor

/emp-ter, -tawr/US // ˈɛmp tər, -tɔr //

贪图者,贪婪者,征求意见者,征求意见

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Caveat emptor, this list could go on for another dozen easily.

  • They would have to push on still further westward if they wished to find good land ready for the pre-emptor.

  • Meanwhile you trust at your peril, caveat emptor, your eyes are your market, or words to similar effect.

  • Selling the suspicion wronged nobody—he would give no warranty with it—Caveat emptor.

  • When he comes home, he's a harmless settlement loafer, or an industrious pre-emptor.

  • Caveat emptor becomes discredited as an unmodified basis of human action.