company
company
(pl. -ies)
and company
(pl. -ies)
- 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。 - [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。 - 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
- [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。
and company
- 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 the same situation as someone important or respected
和…一样重要；像…一样受尊敬
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 见 part
- Middle English (in senses 2 and 3 ): from Old French compainie; related to compaignon (see companion)
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