company

company
(pl. -ies)
  1. a commercial business
    公司，商号
    a shipping company.
    航运公司。
    [in names]the Ford Motor Company.
    福特汽车公司。
    [as modifier]a company director.
    公司董事。
  2. [mass noun]the fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment
    陪伴，伴随；交往
    I could do with some company.
    陪我一会儿就行了。
    ■a person or people seen as a source of a specified kind of such friendship and enjoyment
    同伴（们）；朋友（们）
    she is excellent company.
    她是个很好的朋友。
    ■the person or group of people whose society someone is currently sharing
    （目前的）同伴，交际者，交际聚会者；会友，社友
    he was silent among such distinguished company.
    在这样著名的一群人中，他保持沉默。
    ■a visiting person or group of people
    客人（们），来访者（们）
    I'm expecting company.
    我将有客人来访。
  3. a number of individuals gathered together, especially for a particular purpose
    （尤指为某一目的聚集起来的）一群人
    the Mayor addressed the assembled company.
    市长向聚集的人群发表了演说。
    ■a body of soldiers, especially the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion, typically commanded by a major or captain
    （部队的）连，连队
    B Company of the Cheshire Regiment.
    柴郡步兵团的第二连。
    ■a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together
    剧团；歌唱团；舞蹈团
    a national opera company.
    国家歌剧团。
    ■(Brit.)a group of Guides
    (英)女童子军大队
(-ies, -ied)
  1. [no obj.](company with)(poetic/literary)associate with; keep company with
    (诗／文)结交；交往
    these men which have companied with us all this time.
    这段时间一直和我们在一起的这些人。
    ■[with obj.](archaic)accompany (someone)
    (古)陪伴
    the fair dame, companied by Statius and myself.
    我和斯塔提乌斯陪伴的这位美丽的女爵士。
常用词组
and company
  1. used after a person's name to denote those people usually associated with them
    [用于人名后表示与之交往的人或与之有来往的人]
be in good company
  1. be in the same situation as someone important or respected
    和…一样重要；像…一样受尊敬
in company
  1. with another person or a group of people
    一同，一起
    he feels at ease in company.
    他和别人在一起时毫不拘束。
in company with
  1. together with
    与…一起
    the US dollar went through a bad patch in 1986, in company with the oil market.
    1986年，美元和石油行情一起大跌。
keep (或 古 bear) someone company
  1. accompany or spend time with someone in order to prevent them feeling lonely or bored
    陪伴某人；使某人不感孤独（或无聊）
    ■engage in the same activity as someone else in order to be sociable
    陪…参加（以示友好）
    I'll have a drink myself, just to keep you company.
    我也喝一杯，只是为了陪你。
keep company with
  1. associate with habitually
    与…亲密交往；与…形影不离
    she began keeping company with a real estate developer.
    她开始与一个房地产开发商亲密交往。
part company
  1. 见 part
语源
  1. Middle English (in senses 2 and 3 ): from Old French compainie; related to compaignon (see companion)
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