| 单词 | company |
| 释义 | company —companyless, adj. /kum"peuh nee/, n. , pl. companies, v. , companied, companying. n. 1. a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people. 2. a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner. 3. an assemblage of persons for social purposes. 4. companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company. 5. one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps. 6. society collectively. 7. a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business: a publishing company; a dance company. 8. (cap.) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: George Higgins and Company. 9. Mil. a. the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. b. any relatively small group of soldiers. c. Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions. 10. a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company. 11. Also called ship's company. a ship's crew, including the officers. 12. a medieval trade guild. 13. the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. 14. keep company, a. to associate with; be a friend of. b. Informal. to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer. 15. part company, a. to cease association or friendship with: We parted company 20 years ago after the argument. b. to take a different or opposite view; differ: He parted company with his father on politics. c. to separate: We parted company at the airport. v.i. 16. Archaic. to associate. v.t. 17. Archaic. to accompany. [1200-50; ME < AF; OF compaignie companionship, equiv. to compain ( < LL companio; see COMPANION1) + -ie -Y3] Syn. 1. group, assemblage, body. COMPANY, BAND, PARTY, TROOP refer to a group of people formally or informally associated. COMPANY is the general word and means any group of people: a company of motorists. BAND, used esp. of a band of musicians, suggests a relatively small group pursuing the same purpose or sharing a common fate: a concert by a band; a band of survivors. PARTY, except when used of a political group, usually implies an indefinite and temporary assemblage, as for some common pursuit: a spelunking party. TROOP, used specifically of a body of cavalry, usually implies a number of individuals organized as a unit: a troop of cavalry. 3. gathering, crowd. 6. firm, house, corporation. |
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