英['keɪtə(r)]美['keɪtər]
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古代在饭馆问世之前，如果人们想宴请客人而家中没有厨师的话，就会到外面临时聘请一些专业厨师，上门来准备饮食和酒席。这种上门服务就是cater。该词来自拉丁语captare（拿、获得），是capere（拿）的反复形式，本意是“采办、准备食品”。提供cater服务的人就是caterer。后来出现了饭馆，很多caterer去饭馆工作，就变成了chef（厨师）。如果一家饭馆的chef接私活，下班后去客户家上门承办酒席，他此时又变成了caterer。现在，cater除了“承办酒席”之意外，还衍生出“迎合，满足其需要，接待”等含义。
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小知识
To cater means to supply food for meetings or celebrations. If you're having a big barbecue party but would rather hang out with your friends than grill, you could pay someone to cater it.
In Middle English, the food supply in a big household was known as the cates, and so to cater meant keeping the pantry full. These days, caterers don't do pantries. They cook food for many different households or offices. Cater has also come to mean “giving what is desired or needed.” You might cater to your grandfather by bringing him tea, reading to him, and laughing at his bad jokes.
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cater for迎合；供应伙食；为…提供所需