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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 151 COCA: 189

company

company /ˈkʌmpəni/ noun
plural companies
company
/ˈkʌmpəni/
noun
plural companies
Learner's definition of COMPANY
[count] : a business organization that makes, buys, or sells goods or provides services in exchange for money公司
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
[noncount] : the state or condition of being with another person陪伴
see also in mixed company at mixed
[noncount]
: someone or something you spend time with or enjoy being with伴儿;伙伴
: the people you spend time with同伴;朋友
◊ If you are in good company or have plenty of company, you are in the same situation or have the same problem or opinion as many other people.(与许多人)处境相同,观点一致
[noncount] : guests or visitors especially at your home(尤指家里的)宾客,客人
[count]
: a group of soldiers连队
: the officers and crew of a ship全体船员
[count] : a group of actors, dancers, singers, etc., who perform together剧团;乐团;舞团
[noncount] : people who are not named but are part of a group(未列出姓名的)同伴,合伙人

part company

see 2part

two's company, three's a crowd

used to say that a third person is not welcome when two people (such as two lovers) want to be alone with each other两人成伴,三人不欢
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 151 COCA: 189

company

1 of 2

noun

com·​pa·​ny ˈkəmp-nē How to pronounce company (audio)
ˈkəm-pə-
plural companies
often attributive
1
a
: association with another : fellowship
enjoy a person's company
b
: companions, associates
know a person by the company she keeps
c
: visitors, guests
having company for dinner
2
a
: a group of persons or things
a company of horsemen
b
: a body of soldiers
especially : a unit (as of infantry) consisting usually of a headquarters and two or more platoons
c
: an organization of performing artists
a company of actors
d
: the officers and crew of a ship
The captain called a meeting of the ship's company.
e
: a firefighting unit
A hose company was first to arrive at the scene of the fire.
3
a
: a chartered commercial organization or medieval trade guild
b
: an association of persons for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise
electric companies
a publishing company
c
: those members of a partnership firm whose names do not appear in the firm name
John Doe and Company

company

2 of 2

verb

companied; companying

transitive verb

: accompany
… may … fair winds company your safe return. John Masefield

Example Sentences

Noun He runs his own trucking company. She joined the company last year. The company is based in Paris. Her dogs are her only company these days. You can tell a lot about people by the company they keep. Verb in her sermon the minister noted that Jesus had companied with the least privileged and most disadvantaged members of society may the Good Lord company you on your journey home See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Lawmakers and former officials are especially alarmed by the allegations about the 2011 Twitter decree, because the FTC recently was investigating the company’s data security practices and already found problems. Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022 Google workers protested outside the company’s New York office Thursday. WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022 More important for the park, though, is that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will turn a guest favorite attraction over to the company’s first Black princess. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2022 The company’s chief told The Associated Press on Thursday that the plant only has diesel fuel for 10 days. Karl Ritter, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 The company’s big break came in 2011 with the approval of Incivek, a hepatitis C treatment. Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022 Crossen is the company’s senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 But competitors are circling, using the production halt as an argument to try to lure away the company’s customers, Mr. Llacuna said. John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2022 Those who use the service pay distributors, who then in turn give a percentage to Vann and George’s company. Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English companie, from cumpaignie, from cumpaing companion — more at companion

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of company was in the 13th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 151 COCA: 189
company

noun¹

1business organization商業組織ADJECTIVE | ... OF COMPANIES | VERB + COMPANY | COMPANY + VERB | COMPANY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbig, large, leading, major大公司;一流公司a major Japanese company一家大型日本公司medium-sized, mid-sized (especially NAmE) 中等規模的公司small小公司reputable信譽好的公司profitable, successful盈利的/成功的公司associated, holding, joint-stock, limited (in the UK) , parent聯營公司;控股公司;合股公司;有限責任公司;母公司a public limited company一家上市有限責任公司start-up剛剛起步的公司a small start-up software company一家剛起步的小軟件公司family-owned, state-owned家族/國有公司private, public私營/上市公司international, multinational, national國際/跨國/全國性公司commercial, utility商業/公用事業公司manufacturing, trading製造/貿易公司an international trading company一家國際貿易公司drug, pharmaceutical藥物/製藥公司bus, insurance, oil, etc.公交、保險、石油等公司a small insurance company一家小的保險公司dotcom, Internet, tech網絡/互聯網/高科技公司... OF COMPANIESgroup集團VERB + COMPANYcreate, establish, form, found, launch, set up, start, start up創建公司;組建公司;創辦公司manage, operate, run管理公司;經營公司build, grow建立/發展公司own擁有公司acquire, buy, take over收購公司;接管公司The company has been taken over by a rival.該公司被一家競爭對手接管了。dissolve解散公司sell出售公司work for為公司工作She's been working for the same company for ten years.她已經為同一家公司工作了 15 年。join加入公司leave, resign from離開公司;從公司辭職sue起訴公司COMPANY + VERBmake sth, manufacture sth, produce sth, sell sth, supply sth公司製造/生產/出售/供應⋯The company produces cotton goods.公司生產棉製品。operate公司運轉expand, grow公司擴展/壯大shrink公司收縮merge公司兼併fail, go bankrupt, go bust, go into liquidation, go out of business, go to the wall (informal) , go under公司破產;公司停業;公司完蛋;公司倒閉During the recession many small companies went out of business.經濟衰退期間,很多小公司破了產。COMPANY + NOUNdirector, executive公司董事/主管owner, president公司主人/總裁official, representative, spokesman, spokeswoman公司官員/代表/發言人/女發言人policy公司政策profits公司利潤car, pension公司汽車/退休金logo, name公司標識/名稱headquarters公司總部website公司網站employee公司雇員PREPOSITIONin a/the company在公司內He has shares in several companies.他在幾家公司都有股份。within a/the company在公司內the division of power within a company公司內的分權PHRASESa director of a company公司董事 topic at business
company

noun²

2group of actors, dancers, etc.演員團體;舞蹈團體ADJECTIVElarge, small大劇團;小劇團touring巡迴演出劇團ballet, opera, repertory, stock, theatre/theater芭蕾舞團;歌劇團;保留劇目輪演劇團;(在固定劇院上演保留劇目的)專業劇團;劇團a small touring opera company巡演小歌劇團 note at organization (for verbs)
company

noun³

3being with sb else陪伴ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPANY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEgood, pleasant令人愉快的夥伴He's very good company.他是個很不錯的夥伴。poor難以相處的人VERB + COMPANYhave有人相伴It's nice to have a bit of company for a change.有時改變一下找個人作伴還是很不錯的。keep sb陪伴某人I'll stay and keep you company.我會留下來陪你。need, want需要/想要陪伴provide (sb with)陪伴(某人)A cat would provide her with some company.貓能給她作伴。seek尋求陪伴enjoy享受陪伴I always enjoy her company.我總是很喜歡她陪我。PREPOSITIONfor company作伴I took my mother with me for company.我把母親帶在身邊作伴。in sb's company和某人一起He's nervous in the company of his colleagues.他和同事們一起時很緊張。PHRASEShave the pleasure of sb's company, request the pleasure of sb's company (both formal) 有幸請到/敬請某人光臨like your own company, prefer your own company (= to like being alone) 喜歡/寧願獨自一人
company

noun⁴

4group of people together人群ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPANY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEmixed (= men and women) 一群男女assembled聚集的一群人He glanced around the assembled company.他掃視了一下聚集的人群。VERB + COMPANYkeep (= to spend time with people) 交友John's mother was worried about the company he kept.約翰的母親很擔心他交的那些朋友。PREPOSITIONin company在交際場合;在人前Those children don't know how to behave in company.那些孩子不懂在社交場合如何做到得體有禮。That's not something to say in mixed company.在男女都在場的情況下不該說那些話。PHRASESget into bad company, keep bad company (= to be friends with people that others disapprove of) 與壞人交往present company excepted (used after being rude or critical about sb to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism) 在座的各位除外
company

noun⁵

5visitor or visitors來訪者VERB + COMPANYexpect, have等待客人;有客人We're expecting company this afternoon.我們今天下午有客人。

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