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| 1 | C an organization that provides services or makes or sells goods for money 公司 |
| Max works for a large oil company. 马克斯在一家大石油公司工作。 |
| He joined the company in 1982. 他1982年加入这家公司。 |
| a local/multinational company 本地/跨国公司 |
| and Company (=used in company names) Johnson and Company 公司（用于公司名称中） |
| | 1a | connected with a company or with the people in a company 公司的 | | It’ s company policy. 这是公司的政策。 | | We can’ t all be company directors. 我们不可能都是公司经理。 | |
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| 2 | U people you are with 同伴；伙伴 |
| mixed company (=a group that includes men and women) Some of the jokes weren’ t really suitable for mixed company. 有男有女的人群 |
| polite company (=people you should behave politely towards) behaviour that is not acceptable in polite company 应该对其讲究礼节的人 |
| bad company (=friends that other people do not approve of) Things started to go wrong when he got into bad company. 坏朋友 |
| | 2a | the activity of being with other people 陪伴；陪同 | | I thought you might be glad of some company tonight. 我想你今晚可能希望有人陪伴。 | | She doesn’ t really feel like company at the moment. 这时候她真的不想有人陪伴。 | | the company of sb She’ s always liked the company of powerful people. 她总爱与有势力的人们交往。 | | sb’ s company We usually enjoy his company. 我们一般都喜欢和他在一起。 | |
| | 2b | a guest or guests 客人 | | She’ s not coming – she’ s got company. 她不会来了。她有客人。 | |
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| 3 | C a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together can be followed by a singular or plural verb 演出团（后可接动词的单数或复数形式） |
| the Royal Shakespeare Company 皇家莎士比亚剧团 |
| a dance/theatre company 舞蹈团/剧团 |
| | 3a | a group of soldiers that is usually divided into two or more smaller groups called platoons company can be followed by a singular or plural noun （军队的）连（后可接动词的单数或复数形式） | |
| | 3b | the people who work on a particular ship can be followed by a singular or plural verb 全体船员（后可接动词的单数或复数形式） | | the ship’ s company 这艘船的全体船员 | |
| | 3c | a group that is part of a children’ s organization such as the Scouts or Girl Guides can be followed by a singular or plural verb （童子军等里的）儿童团（后可接动词的单数或复数形式） | |
| | 3d | used in the names of some organizations, often organizations that people with particular jobs or skills can join 行会（用于某些组织名称） | |
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| - | and company informal
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| used after someone’ s name for referring to the people they are connected with or usually spend time with |
| （用于人名后表示与之相关的）一群人，一行 |
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| We need another table for Bruce Reed and company. 我们还要为布鲁斯·里德一行添一张桌子。 |
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| - | the company sb keeps
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| the people that someone spends time with |
| 某人交往的人；某人的伙伴 |
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| We didn’ t like the company she was keeping. 我们不喜欢她交往的那些人。 |
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| - | good company
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| someone who people enjoy spending time with |
| 好伙伴 |
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| - | in company BRITISH
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| with other people |
| 与别人在一起；当别人的面 |
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| Children need to be taught not to pick their noses in company. 应该教孩子们不要当着别人的面抠鼻子。 |
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| - | in company with formal
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| together with someone or something else |
| 和…一起 |
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| Germany, in company with France, refused to lift the ban. 德国和法国一起拒绝解除禁令。 |
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| - | in good company
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| doing the same thing someone else has done , especially someone who is important or respectedThis expression is used especially for telling someone not to worry about something bad they have done . |
| 别人也一样；（尤指）大人物也一样（尤用于安慰他人不要因事情没做好而担心） |
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| - | join company with
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| to become involved in something that someone else is doing |
| 参与 |
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| Nurses’ unions have joined company with the teachers in protesting at the policy. 护士工会也和教师们一起对该政策表示抗议。 |
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| - | keep sb company
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| to spend time with someone so that they will not feel lonely |
| 陪伴某人 |
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| Would you like me to stay and keep you company? 要我留下来陪你吗？ |
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| - | keep company with sb
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| to spend time with someone |
| 陪伴某人 |
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| - | part company
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| 1 | to end a relationship , for example a marriage 终止（婚姻等）关系 |
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| 2 | to stop travelling or spending time together and go to different places 分手；分别 |
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| 3 | to disagree with someone about a particular subject （就某个话题）与某人有分歧 | This is where I part company with the professor. 这是我和教授的意见相左之处。 | |
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| - | present company excepted humorous
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| used for saying that a statement does not apply to yourself or to the people you are talking to |
| 不包括在座的诸位 |
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| - | two’ s company, three’ s a crowd
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| used for saying that two people , especially people having a romantic relationship , would prefer to be alone rather than with other people |
| （尤指恋人）两人为伴，三人添乱 |
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| Other ways of saying : company | | | | | | 谈论或描写companies | | | | business a company that makes or sells goods or provides a service, especially one owned and run by one person or a small group of people公司，企业，工厂，商店（制造或销售产品或提供服务的公司，尤指个人或一小群人拥有并经营的公司）: She left to start her own catering business.她离职开起了自己的餐饮店。He sold the business that his father and grandfather had built up.他把父亲和祖父创立起来的公司卖了。 | | firm a company, especially one providing professional or financial services公司，事务所（尤指提供职业或金融服务的机构）: a large New York law firm纽约的一家大型律师事务所a firm of architects/management consultants建筑师/管理咨询事务所。 | | cooperative a company that is owned and run by all the people who work for it合作社（由所有员工拥有并经营的公司）: an organic food cooperative有机食品合作社。 | | corporation a large company that employs a lot of people（雇佣大量员工的）大公司，大企业: the state-run sugar corporation国营大型糖厂Some of the Hollywood studios were bought by big Japanese corporations.有一些好莱坞电影制作公司被日本的大公司买去了。 | | multinational a large company that operates in many different countries跨国公司: The fund invests mainly in US multinationals.资金主要投资于美国的跨国公司。an advertising agency with several multinational clients, including Coca-Cola拥有包括可口可乐公司在内的几家跨国公司客户的广告公司。 | | subsidiary a company that is owned by a larger company（大公司的）子公司: Electronics giant Panasonic is a subsidiary of Matsushita.电子业巨头松下电器是松下集团的子公司。 | | plc a large British company that members of the public can invest money in | | 公共有限公司（公众可以投资的英国大型公司）。 | | conglomerate a large company made up of several smaller companies and often having a wide range of business activities（由几个公司组成，业务范围广泛的）大型联合企业: one of the world’ s largest media conglomerates, with interests in television, magazines, books, and the Internet全球最大的大型传媒联合企业之一，在电视、杂志、书籍和因特网领域都有股份。 | | | |
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