comprador
/kom-pruh-dawr/US // ˌkɒm prəˈdɔr //UK // (ˌkɒmprəˈdɔː) //
买办,买主,买方,购房者
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a native agent or factotum, as of a foreign business house.
Examples
She was not long out from England, and a comprador order was as yet an unnatural phenomenon to her.
The comprador provides stores, and all the necessary provisions for the ship, while she remains in port.
In the afternoon, Captain Gillespie came off to the ship again, with a gang of coolies under a native comprador.
The comprador sent word aboard at four bells, he couldnt hold his sampan men much longer.
At the head of the whole household is the comprador, who is a kind of major-domo.
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