cater
['ketɚ]
vt. 供饮食, 投合, 迎合

vi. 供饮食, 投合, 迎合

1. Our politicians should learn to cater for the man in the street.
   政治投合广通群众需。
2. He has to cater for his boss.
   迎合老板。
3. Shops cater for the do-it- yourself craze by offering consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home.
   店迎合“自己动”狂热，消费者供里组装零件。

cater
[ verb ]

1. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

<verb.consumption> ply provide supply
The hostess provided lunch for all the guests

2. supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets

<verb.consumption>

Cater \Ca"ter\, n. [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator,
fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare;
L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to
take, seize. Cf. {Acater}, {Capacious}.]
A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Cater \Ca"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Catered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Catering}.] [From {Cater}, n.]
1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

[He] providently caters for the sparrow. --Shak.

2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at
theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for
or to.


Cater \Ca"ter\, n. [F. quatre four.]
The four of cards or dice.


Cater \Ca"ter\, v. t.
To cut diagonally. [Obs.] --Halliwell.