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a caterer for [event]
caterer 后接 for 说明为之服务的活动或场合。
The caterer for the wedding prepared a three-course meal.
婚礼的餐饮承办人准备了三道菜的餐食。
宴会承办人；餐饮服务商
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宴会承办人；餐饮服务商
a person or business that provides food and service for events such as parties
The caterer for the wedding prepared a three-course meal.
婚礼的餐饮承办人准备了三道菜的餐食。
负责采购和保管物资(尤指食物)的人员。
A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.
受雇为大型团体提供并分发食物的人员或公司,通常用餐地点与备餐地点分开。
A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.
We hired a caterer for my sister's wedding reception.
我们为姐姐的婚宴雇了一位餐饮服务商。
The caterer arrived early to set up the buffet tables.
宴会承办人早早就来布置自助餐台了。
Our office party was wonderful because the caterers prepared delicious food.
我们办公室聚会很棒，因为餐饮承办商准备了美味的食物。
caterer 后接 for 说明为之服务的活动或场合。
The caterer for the wedding prepared a three-course meal.
婚礼的餐饮承办人准备了三道菜的餐食。
at 后接活动或场所，强调承办人出现在现场。
The caterer at the party served seafood.
聚会上的餐饮承办人供应了海鲜。
用 work as 表明职业身份。
He works as a caterer at a hotel.
他在一家酒店做餐饮承办人。
Not this
We need to find a cater for the wedding.
Use this
We need to find a caterer for the wedding.
cater 是动词，意为“承办宴席”；表示“承办宴席的人或公司”要用名词 caterer，不能把动词原形当作名词使用。
Not this
We hired caterer for the party.
Use this
We hired a caterer for the party.
caterer 是可数名词单数，表示“一个承办人”时前面需要加不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词，但英语中单数可数名词不能裸用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
婚礼酒席承办人
The wedding caterer served a three-course meal.
婚礼酒席承办人提供了三道菜的宴席。
宴会餐饮服务商
They asked an event caterer to handle the conference lunch.
他们请宴会餐饮服务商负责会议午餐。
企业餐饮服务商
Our office uses a corporate caterer for monthly meetings.
我们办公室每月会议都请企业餐饮服务商。
专业餐饮服务商
A professional caterer knows how to plan menus for large groups.
专业餐饮服务商知道如何为大型团体规划菜单。
聘请餐饮承办人
We decided to hire a caterer for the anniversary party.
我们决定为周年聚会聘请餐饮承办人。
本地餐饮服务商
The local caterer is known for fresh seafood.
这位本地餐饮服务商以新鲜海鲜闻名。
Use caterer naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：cater 有‘迎合、供应’之意，caterer 就是迎合宾客胃口、供应宴席的人。
语域：neutral 常见场景：餐饮行业、宴会筹办、日常对话 该词通常用于中性语境，多指以提供餐饮服务为职业的人或公司；在正式场合和日常口语中都比较常见。
The words murderer, wanderer, gatherer, and cleverer match caterer's unstressed ending /ərə/, but their stressed vowels differ, so they do not rhyme with it. Watch out for lookalikes like later, waiter, and cater: they end in /tə/ and have only two syllables, so they sound different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.