1 N-COUNT-COLL; N-IN-NAMES 公司 A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services. 公司
SYN business, firm, association, corporation
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. 剧团;歌舞团
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. 连
SYN troop, unit, squad, team
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. 陪伴;陪同
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'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。”
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Ross had always enjoyed the company of women. [+ of]
罗斯总是喜欢有女人陪伴。
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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。
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I'm not in the mood for company.
我这会儿就想一个人呆着。
SYN companionship, society [old-fashioned] , presence, fellowship
5 See also: joint-stock company public company
6 PHRASE [n-proper PHR] (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. (用于某人的名字之后表示)及其同伴，一伙 [informal]
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. (不必为错误自责，因为)大人物们也犯过同样的错
8 PHRASE 有客人(或朋友)在 If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you. 有客人(或朋友)在
9 PHRASE （与别人）在一起 When you are in company, you are with a person or group of people. （与别人）在一起
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. 和…有同样的想法(或感觉、认识) [formal]
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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. 陪伴;给…做伴
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. 与…交朋友;与…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. 分手;分离 [written] [Also + with] [written] [Also + with] [written] [Also + with]
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. (通常因有分歧)与…断绝关系
15 PHRASE 与…有分歧 If you part company with someone on a particular subject, you disagree with them on it. 与…有分歧
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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 PHRASE [PHRASE with cl] 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. 在座诸位除外. [spoken, politeness]
Quotations
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep Euripides Phoenix
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools Thomas Fuller Gnomologia
Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote
| Word Partnership | Use company with: |
| ADJ. | foreign company, parent company 1 |
| VERB. | buy/own/sell/start a company, company employs, company makes 1 have company, keep company, part company 4 8 |
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