taker
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ta·ker /ˈteɪkə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1. be no/few/not many takers WANTif there are no takers for something, no one accepts or wants what is being offered 没有/有很少/有不多的接受者2. someone who accepts support and help from other people, but who is not willing to give them support or help 只接受不给予的人Examples from the Corpus
taker• Tommy is a giver, not a taker.• A world in and of itself, a world that census takers had documented, one hundred thousand and growing.• Census takers then turn the difference into a mathematical formula and apply it to the overall locality.• Despite the elaborate plans, there were few takers.• I share the right hon. Gentleman's view about the remarks by the hostage takers.• It was a dismal failure. 1926-27 found him hawking a play round London offices with no potential takers.• Intellectual risk takers are the life blood of our school system and provide the vision which we so much need.• But most traders act simply as toll takers.-taker /teɪkə $ -ər/ suffix used with nouns to describe people who take or collect things 接受[收集]某物的人〔和名词连用〕 senior decision-takers 高层决策者 I’m just a message-taker. 我只是个带信的人。 a ticket-taker at the recreation hall 娱乐厅的收票员 the policy of not doing deals with hostage takers 不和劫持人质的人进行交易的政策 treatment for drug takers 对吸毒者的治疗ta·ker noun-taker suffixChineseSyllable
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taker
ta‧ker /ˈteɪkə $ -ər/
noun [countable]1. be no/few/not many takers if there are no takers for something, no one accepts or wants what is being offered
2. someone who accepts support and help from other people, but who is not willing to give them support or help
ta‧ker /ˈteɪkə $ -ər/
noun [countable]1. be no/few/not many takers if there are no takers for something, no one accepts or wants what is being offered2. someone who accepts support and help from other people, but who is not willing to give them support or help