company
英 ['k?mp(?)n?]
美 ['k?mp?ni]
- n. 公司；陪伴，同伴；連隊
- vi. 交往
- vt. 陪伴
- n. (Company)人名；(西)孔帕尼；(英)康帕尼
助記提示
1. 連。=> 美國著名的關于二戰的電視劇《兄弟連》=> Easy company, Fox company.
2. 諧音“肯陪你”。肯陪你的人肯定就是你的“伙伴”了。
中文詞源
company 同伴，公司，連隊com-, 強調。-pan, 面包，詞源同food, pantry. 本義為一起吃面包的人，同伴，后詞義外延為連隊，公司。比較mate, 詞源同meat.
英文詞源
- company (n.)
- mid-12c., "large group of people," from Old French compagnie "society, friendship, intimacy; body of soldiers" (12c.), from Late Latin companio (see companion). Meaning "companionship" is from late 13c. Sense of "business association" first recorded 1550s, having earlier been used in reference to trade guilds (c. 1300). Meaning "subdivision of an infantry regiment" is from 1580s. Abbreviation co. dates from 1670s.
雙語例句
- 1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
- 如果你獨處時感到寂寞，說明沒有把自己陪好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.
- 醫生們抱怨他們疲于應付醫藥公司的銷售人員。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A changing world has put pressures on the company.
- 日新月異的世界使這家公司感到了壓力。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The company I work for went through a rough patch.
- 我所在的公司經歷了一段困難時期。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The company manufactures a range of innovative light-weight cycles.
- 這家公司生產一系列的新型輕便自行車。
來自柯林斯例句