company中文

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company
/ 5kQmpEni /

◙ (pl. -ies)
1. a commercial business
• 公司，商号
»a shipping company.
  航运公司。
»[in names] the Ford Motor Company.
  福特汽车公司。
»[as modifier] a company director.
  公司董事。
2. [mass noun] the fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment
• 陪伴，伴随；交往
»I could do with some company.
  陪我一会儿就行了。
  a person or people seen as a source of a specified kind of such friendship and enjoyment
• 同伴（们）；朋友（们）
»she is excellent company.
  她是个很好的朋友。
  the person or group of people whose society someone is currently sharing
• （目前的）同伴，交际者，交际聚会者；会友，社友
»he was silent among such distinguished company.
  在这样著名的一群人中，他保持沉默。
  a visiting person or group of people
• 客人（们），来访者（们）
»I'm expecting company.
  我将有客人来访。
3. a number of individuals gathered together, especially for a particular purpose
• （尤指为某一目的聚集起来的）一群人
»the Mayor addressed the assembled company.
  市长向聚集的人群发表了演说。
  a body of soldiers, especially the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion, typically commanded by a major or captain
• （部队的）连，连队
»B Company of the Cheshire Regiment.
  柴郡步兵团的第二连。
  a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together
• 剧团；歌唱团；舞蹈团
»a national opera company.
  国家歌剧团。
  [Brit.] a group of Guides
• [英] 女童子军大队
◙ (-ies, -ied)
1. [no obj.] (company with)(poetic/literary)associate with; keep company with
• [诗／文] 结交；交往
»these men which have companied with us all this time.
  这段时间一直和我们在一起的这些人。
  [with obj.] (archaic)accompany (someone)
• [古] 陪伴
»the fair dame, companied by Statius and myself.
  我和斯塔提乌斯陪伴的这位美丽的女爵士。

【IDIOMS】

◘ and company
1. used after a person's name to denote those people usually associated with them
• [用于人名后表示与之交往的人或与之有来往的人]
◘ be in good company
1. be in the same situation as someone important or respected
• 和…一样重要；像…一样受尊敬
◘ in company
1. with another person or a group of people
• 一同，一起
»he feels at ease in company.
  他和别人在一起时毫不拘束。
◘ in company with
1. together with
• 与…一起
»the US dollar went through a bad patch in 1986, in company with the oil market.
  1986年，美元和石油行情一起大跌。
◘ keep (或古
1. accompany or spend time with someone in order to prevent them feeling lonely or bored
• 陪伴某人；使某人不感孤独（或无聊）
  engage in the same activity as someone else in order to be sociable
• 陪…参加（以示友好）
»I'll have a drink myself, just to keep you company.
  我也喝一杯，只是为了陪你。
◘ keep company with
1. associate with habitually
• 与…亲密交往；与…形影不离
»she began keeping company with a real estate developer.
  她开始与一个房地产开发商亲密交往。
◘ part company --› see part

【语源】

1. Middle English (in senses 2 and 3 ): from Old French compainie; related to compaignon (see companion )