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company

英 ['kʌmp(ə)nɪ] 美 ['kʌmpəni]

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解释

n. 公司；陪伴，同伴；连队
vi. 交往
vt. 陪伴
n. (Company)人名；(西)孔帕尼；(英)康帕尼

※ 提供单词"company"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

company 同伴，公司，连队

com-, 强调。-pan, 面包，词源同food, pantry. 本义为一起吃面包的人，同伴，后词义外延为连队，公司。比较mate, 词源同meat.

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre: 如果你独处时感到寂寞，说明没有把自己陪好。

2. Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.: 医生们抱怨他们疲于应付医药公司的销售人员。

3. A changing world has put pressures on the company.: 日新月异的世界使这家公司感到了压力。

4. The company I work for went through a rough patch.: 我所在的公司经历了一段困难时期。

5. The company manufactures a range of innovative light-weight cycles.: 这家公司生产一系列的新型轻便自行车。