companies

英 [ˈkʌmpəniz] 美 [ˈkʌmpəniz]

n.  公司; 商号; 商行; 剧团; 演出团; 陪伴; 做伴
company的复数

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  1. N-COUNT-COLL; N-IN-NAMES 公司
    A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.
    1. Sheila found some work as a secretary in an insurance company.
      希拉在一家保险公司找到一份当秘书的工作。
    2. ...the Ford Motor Company.
      福特汽车公司
  2. N-COUNT-COLL; N-IN-NAMES 剧团;歌舞团
    A company is a group of opera singers, dancers, or actors who work together.
    1. ...the Phoenix Dance Company.
      凤凰舞蹈团
  3. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 连
    A company is a group of soldiers that is usually part of a battalion or regiment, and that is divided into two or more platoons.
    1. The division will consist of two tank companies and one infantry company...
      这个师的组成部队将包括两个坦克连和一个步兵连。
    2. C Company's sentries were just ahead.
      C连的哨兵就在前头。
  4. N-UNCOUNT 陪伴;陪同
    Company is having another person or other people with you, usually when this is pleasant or stops you feeling lonely.
    1. 'I won't stay long.' — 'No, please. I need the company'...
      “我不会呆很久。”“别这样，求你了。我需要有人陪。”
    2. Ross had always enjoyed the company of women...
      罗斯总是喜欢有女人陪伴。
    3. She would be grateful for their company on the drive back...
      有他们做伴开车陪她回去，她会很感激的。
    4. I'm not in the mood for company.
      我这会儿就想一个人呆着。
  5. See also: joint-stock company public company
  6. PHRASE (用于某人的名字之后表示)及其同伴，一伙
    You can say and company after mentioning a person's name, to refer also to the people who are associated with that person.
    1. Keegan and company approached the game with understandable caution.
      基根一伙人小心谨慎地对待这场比赛，这是可以理解的。
  7. PHRASE (不必为错误自责，因为)大人物们也犯过同样的错
    If you say that someone is in good company, you mean that they should not be ashamed of a mistake or opinion, because some important or respected people have made the same mistake or have the same opinion.
    1. Mr Koo is in good company. The prime minister made a similar slip a couple of years back.
      库先生的错大人物也犯过。几年前首相就有过类似的疏漏。
  8. PHRASE 有客人(或朋友)在
    If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
    1. He didn't say he had had company.
      他没说当时有客人在。
  9. PHRASE （与别人）在一起
    When you are in company, you are with a person or group of people.
    1. When they were in company she always seemed to dominate the conversation...
      他们在一起的时候，她好像总是操纵着话语权。
    2. I feel awkward and shy in company.
      跟别人在一起的时候，我觉得很别扭，不好意思。
  10. PREP-PHRASE 和…有同样的想法(或感觉、认识)
    If you feel, believe, or know something in company with someone else, you both feel, believe, or know it.
    1. Saudi Arabia, in company with some other Gulf oil states, is concerned to avoid any repetition of the two oil price shocks of the 1970s.
      避免20世纪70年代两次石油价格冲击的情形再次出现，这是沙特阿拉伯和其他一些海湾石油国家一致关心的问题。
  11. PHRASE 陪伴;给…做伴
    If you keep someone company, you spend time with them and stop them feeling lonely or bored.
    1. Why don't you stay here and keep Emma company?
      你为什么不呆在这儿，陪陪埃玛？
  12. PHRASE 与…交朋友;与…为伍
    If you keep company with a person or with a particular kind of person, you spend a lot of time with them.
    1. He keeps company with all sorts of lazy characters.
      他与形形色色的懒人为伍。
  13. PHR-RECIP 分手;分离
    If two or more people part company, they go in different directions after going in the same direction together.
    1. The three of them parted company at the bus stop.
      他们三个在公共汽车站分了手。
  14. PHR-RECIP (通常因有分歧)与…断绝关系
    If you part company with someone, you end your association with them, often because of a disagreement.
    1. The tennis star has parted company with his Austrian trainer...
      这位网球明星与他的奥地利教练分道扬镳。
    2. We have agreed to part company after differences of opinion.
      我们道不同不相为谋。
  15. PHRASE 与…有分歧
    If you part company with someone on a particular subject, you disagree with them on it.
    1. Where I part company with him, however, is over the link he forges between science and liberalism.
      然而，我与他产生分歧的地方是，他把科学与自由主义联系了起来。
  16. 在座诸位除外.
    If you are making a general, unfavourable comment about a particular type of person, and you are with people of that type, you can say 'present company excepted' as a way of making your comment sound more polite.
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    双语例句

    1. There is still much antagonism between trades unions and the oil companies
      工会和石油公司之间仍然存在着相当大的敌意。
    2. Companies are so busy analysing the financial implications that they overlook the effect on workers
      公司忙于分析此事对财务可能产生的影响，而忽视了其对工人的影响。
    3. Other companies could buy into the firm.
      其他公司会收购这家公司的股份。
    4. In extreme cases, insurance companies can prosecute for fraud
      个别极端的情况下，保险公司可以欺诈罪提出起诉。
    5. He found no evidence of collusion between record companies and retailers
      他没发现唱片公司与零售商串通一气的证据。
    6. The division will consist of two tank companies and one infantry company
      这个师的组成部队将包括两个坦克连和一个步兵连。
    7. Companies could not draw money from bank accounts as cash.
      公司不能从银行账户中提取现金。
    8. Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers.
      银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。
    9. Like most other American companies with a rigid hierarchy, workers and managers had strictly defined duties
      和其他多数拥有严格等级制度的美国公司一样，这里的工人和管理人员都有界定严格的职责。
    10. Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
      欧洲软件公司的国内市场仍在增长中。
    11. Many companies have imposed a pay freeze
      许多公司已经强制冻结了工资。
    12. They inflated clients 'medical treatment to defraud insurance companies
      他们夸大客户伤势的严重性和治疗情形以欺骗保险公司。
    13. Some of Australia's largest listed companies are expected to announce huge interim earnings this week.
      澳大利亚最大的一些上市公司预计将在本周宣布巨额中期盈利。
    14. The two big companies control 72% of the market.
      两大公司控制了72%的市场份额。
    15. They are obfuscating the issue, as only insurance companies can
      他们在此问题上混淆视听，这事只有保险公司才做得出来。
    16. New opportunities are opening up for investors who want a more direct stake in overseas companies.
      希望更加直接地参股海外公司的投资者获得了新的机会。
    17. The oil companies have lost their power over oil price and oil production.
      石油公司已经失去了对油价和石油产量的控制。
    18. He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs
      他说这将使公司无法创造新的工作机会。
    19. Guyana's railways were previously owned by private companies
      圭亚那的铁路以前是归私有企业所有的。
    20. The privatisation allowed companies to rake in huge profits.
      私有化使许多公司大赚了一笔。
    21. Now is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Europe
      对于当地公司来说，现在是时候去欧洲寻求商机了。
    22. Companies will now be able to sponsor programmes on ITV and Channel 4.
      现在公司可以在独立电视台和第4频道上出资做节目广告了。
    23. Business Development Advisers surveyed 211 companies for the report
      企业发展顾问公司为此报告调查了211家公司。
    24. The campaign will target American insurance companies
      这场活动将以美国各保险公司为目标。
    25. The first companies to go in took a policy of employing East Germans and training them up
      首批进驻的公司采取了雇佣东德人并对他们进行全面培训的方针。
    26. American companies looked at ways they could trim these costs
      美国公司研究了能够削减这些成本的方法。
    27. The firm is too small to contend against [ with] large international companies.
      这家公司太小，无法与国际性的大公司抗争。
    28. Government loans have been the salvation of several shaky business companies.
      政府的贷款救活了几家濒临倒闭的公司。
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