suitor

noun

1. 求婚者
   a man who wants to marry a particular woman
2. 有意收购另一公司的公司
   a company that wants to buy another company

1. N-COUNT 求婚者;追求者
   A woman's suitor is a man who wants to marry her.
   1. My mother had a suitor who adored her.
      我妈妈曾经有一个爱慕她的追求者。
2. N-COUNT 有意收购另一公司的公司(或机构)
   A suitor is a company or organization that wants to buy another company.
   1. The company was making little progress in trying to find a suitor...
      该公司试图找到一家收购公司，但进展甚微。
   2. Whatever is offered by the bank is unlikely to be improved on by any rival suitor.
      其他竞争收购方不大可能开出比这家银行更高的价码。

1. My mother had a suitor who adored her.
   我妈妈曾经有一个爱慕她的追求者。
2. The company was making little progress in trying to find a suitor
   该公司试图找到一家收购公司，但进展甚微。
3. Whatever is offered by the bank is unlikely to be improved on by any rival suitor.
   其他竞争收购方不大可能开出比这家银行更高的价码。
4. The duchess has divided her fortune between her six children to convince them that her suitor is besotted with her rather than her money and the kinds of possessions that are considered national treasures, reports said.
   报道称，女公爵为了说服子女们相信她的追求者爱的是她的人而不是她的钱，或是所谓的国家财富，而将财产分配给了自己的6个子女。
5. Her first proposal would have to be deferred to a more propitious time and a more eligible suitor.
   她的第一次求婚应当推迟到一个更为吉利的时辰，求婚人也必须更为可取。
6. A suitor is outside.
   门口来了一位求婚者。
7. One American suitor wrote: Im interested in the offer.
   一个来自美国的追求者说：我对这个邀请很感兴趣。
8. The duchess, who is a distant relative of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, has divided her fortune between her six children to convince them that her suitor is besotted with her rather than her money.
   这位女公爵是英国前首相丘吉尔和已故黛安娜王妃的远亲。她已经将自己的财产全部分给了自己的子女，以让他们相信自己的未来伴侣只是想要她而不是她的钱。
9. Because I felt it was too soon for me to be receiving a gentleman suitor.
   因为我觉得此刻接受一位君子追求者对我而言太过早。
10. In one anecdote a 31 year old flight attendant was quickly disenchanted when a suitor asked about her credit score on their very first date.
    有这样一段轶事，当追求者在双方第一次约会中问及她的信用评分时，一位31岁的空姐突然立刻不再抱幻想。
11. What I mean is-I never thought to ask a suitor the same challenging questions my father might have asked him, in a different age.
    我是说我从未想到要跟任何一个追求者提问在另一个时代我父亲可能盘问的问题。
12. Will you promise me to not receive any other suitor in my absence?
    你能答应我在我不在的时候不接受任何追求者吗？
13. Females may check out the feathers of a number of different males before deciding on a suitor.
    雌性孔雀在选择配偶的时候会检查不同雄性的羽毛。
14. At the hearing, the suitor, the representative of the election committee, and the relevant citizen must be present.
    审理时，起诉人、选举委员会的代表和有关公民必须参加。
15. Of course, before the war, Will would certainly not have been an eligible suitor. None of the suitors could bend the bow of Odysseus.
    在战前威尔当然不是个合格的求婚者。没有一个求婚者能拉动奥得修斯的弓。
16. Not long afterward a suitor came who appeared to be very rich, and because the miller could find no fault with him, he promised his daughter to him.
    不久，来了一个求婚者，看起来很富有，举止也非常得体，磨坊老板从他身上找不到自己不满意的地方，就答应把女儿嫁给他。
17. Her particularly persistent Louisiana suitor, Edward Summerville by name, was irritated by Nora's continued aloofness.
    来自路易西安那的追求者也特别固执，名字是爱德华索姆威勒，劳拉始终的冷淡使他微愠。
18. Now it happened that the first suitor was an old man with squint eyes and a cough.
    也真不凑巧，第一个求婚的是个老头儿，此人长着一双斜眼不说，还老咳嗽。
19. Victor is Lady Tottington's suitor ( 3). He's a very arrogant ( 4) man.
    维克多是托丁顿夫人的求婚者。他是个非常自以为是的人。
20. A suitor is like an old beggar, he can go and beg anywhere.
    求婚的人就象个老叫花子，到哪里都是要求人的。
21. Attentive to details; the nurse was attentive to her patient; an attentive suitor.
    注意细节；这个护士很小心她的病人；小心翼翼的求婚者。
22. Dearest, you've got to stop rejecting every suitor who comes to call.
    亲爱的，你不能拒绝每一个前来求婚的人。
23. The idea that a dead suitor was keeping me captive rattled me and seemed at that moment plausible.
    一个死去的爱慕者霸占着我的想法让我惶恐，看来在当时似乎也颇有道理。
24. Her son Cayetano Martinez de Irujo, the Duke of Salvatierra, said just a few weeks ago he had only met his mother's suitor three times and she shouldn't marry because of her historic responsibility.
    她的儿子、萨尔瓦铁拉公爵卡耶塔诺•马丁内斯·德·伊鲁霍几周前称，他才见了他母亲的追求者3次。他认为母亲不该再嫁人，因为她承担着历史责任。
25. Her mind is all of a piece: there is a pre-established harmony between her constancy to the dead husband and her repugnance to the new suitor.
    她的思想始终如一：在她对已故丈夫的忠贞与对新求婚者的反感之间存在着一种预定的和谐。
26. He married his daughter to the suitor who has great power.
    他把女儿嫁给了一位有权势的求婚者。
27. This time it was a rival suitor who made his appearance, and Brian's hot Irish temper rose when he saw another Richmond in the field.
    这次是一个求婚的情敌露面了，布赖恩看到这又一个意想不到的对手时，他那火爆的爱尔兰人脾气发作了。
28. Digging up a suitor. that's not like you.
    挖出个追求者。那不像你。
29. Genting, the resorts and casinos to palm oil group, is a prime potential suitor.
    作为一家经营度假胜地、赌场和生产棕榈油的集团，云顶可谓是主要的潜在求婚者之一。

noun

1. a man who courts a woman
   1. a suer for the hand of the princess

   Synonym:    suerwooer