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suitor

/soo-ter/US // ˈsu tər //UK // (ˈsuːtə, ˈsjuːt-) //

求婚者,追求者,求爱者,求婚人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a man who courts or woos a woman.
    • : Law. a petitioner or plaintiff.
    • : a person who sues or petitions for anything.
    • : Informal. an individual who seeks to buy a business.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Lynne had no specific connection to the university, but of all the suitors, the staff at VT were the most committed to maintaining the Food Timeline’s mission.

  • I knew there would be suitors out there, so I respectfully wanted to go my own way.

  • With a market capitalization of $4 billion, a purchase wouldn’t necessarily empty the wallet of a tech-giant suitor.

  • In recent weeks, other rumored suitors included Google, Twitter and WalMart.

  • As Hulu is only available in the US, Disney still would have had to find another suitor to stream the film internationally.

  • I find both “admirer” and “suitor” to be presumptuous and one-sided.

  • When the aforementioned woman told her male suitor that the texts were “so going on the internet,” he simply replied: “Enjoy.”

  • David, the consummate suitor, naturally pulled out all the stops to woo his lady love.

  • This new focus on dating smart came about after Match.com quizzed its users on what they wanted from a potential suitor.

  • The Suitors By Cécile David-Weill Two sisters seek to hold onto the family summer home by attracting a rich suitor.

  • Purt was gorgeous in a Canadian skating suitor so the tailor who sold it to him had called it.

  • Matters stood thus when a new suitor appeared in the person of Sir Lucien Pyne.

  • In the second part of the poem the lady is threatened by an unwelcome suitor, in the person of a hideous giant.

  • But let us suppose that no obstacle of family or connection interferes to check the approach of a suitor.

  • "I do not wonder at your defence of your erudite suitor," said Josephine, laying a disagreeable stress upon the adjective.