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

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL; N-IN-NAMES 公司
  Acompanyis 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
• N-COUNT-COLL; N-IN-NAMES 剧团;歌舞团
  Acompanyis a group of opera singers, dancers, or actors who work together.
  1. ...the Phoenix Dance Company.
     凤凰舞蹈团
• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 连
  Acompanyis 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 陪伴;陪同
  Companyis 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。
• See also:joint-stock companypublic company
• PHRASE (用于某人的名字之后表示)及其同伴，一伙
  You can sayand companyafter 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。
• 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 someoneis 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。
• PHRASE 有客人(或朋友)在
  If youhave 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。
• PHRASE （与别人）在一起
  When you arein 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。
• PREP-PHRASE 和…有同样的想法(或感觉、认识)
  If you feel, believe, or know somethingin company withsomeone 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。
• PHRASE 陪伴;给…做伴
  If youkeepsomeonecompany, 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？
• PHRASE 与…交朋友;与…为伍
  If youkeep company witha person orwitha 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。
• PHR-RECIP 分手;分离
  If two or more peoplepart 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。
• PHR-RECIP (通常因有分歧)与…断绝关系
  If youpart company withsomeone, 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。
• PHRASE 与…有分歧
  If youpart company withsomeone 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。
• 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.

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The privatisation allowed companies to rake in huge profits.
  私有化使许多公司大赚了一笔。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Companies could not draw money from bank accounts as cash.
  公司不能从银行账户中提取现金。