- [countable + singular or plural verb] (abbreviation Co.)
(often in names 常用于名称 a business organization that makes money by producing or selling goods or services 公司；商号；商行 insurance/oil/tech/technology/pharmaceutical companies 保险/石油/技术/科技/制药公司 It is the world's largest software company. 它是世界上最大的软件公司。 He works for the National Bus Company. 他在国家公共汽车公司工作。 Carrington and Company of London 卡林顿和伦敦公司 a large/small company 大/小公司 She runs her own TV production company. 她经营自己的电视制作公司。 to own/start/found a company 拥有/创办/创立一家公司 Smoking in the workplace is against company policy. 在工作场所吸烟违反公司政策。 Company profits were 5 per cent lower than last year. 公司利润比去年下降了5%。 a company executive/director 公司执行官/董事 a company pension 公司养老金
Collocations BusinessBusiness 商业 Running a business 经营企业 - buy/acquire/own/sell a company/firm/franchise
收购／获得／拥有／出售公司／商行／特许经销权 - set up/establish/start/start up/launch a business/company
创办企业／公司 - run/operate a business/company/franchise
经营企业／公司／专卖店 - head/run a firm/department/team
管理公司／部门／团队 - make/secure/win/block a deal
达成／阻止一笔交易 - expand/grow/build the business
扩展业务 - boost/increase investment/spending/sales/turnover/earnings/exports/trade
增加投资／支出／销售量／营业额／收入／出口／贸易 - increase/expand production/output/sales
增加产量／输出量／销售量 - boost/maximize production/productivity/efficiency/income/revenue/profit/profitability
使产量／生产力／效率／收入／收益／利润／收益增加／最大化 - achieve/maintain/sustain growth/profitability
实现／维持／保持增长／收益 - cut/reduce/bring down/lower/slash costs/prices
削减成本／价格 - announce/impose/make cuts/cutbacks
宣布／强制实行／实施削减
Sales and marketing 销售和市场营销 - break into/enter/capture/dominate the market
打入／进入／占领／控制市场 - gain/grab/take/win/boost/lose market share
取得／夺取／得到／赢得／增加／丢失市场份额 - find/build/create a market for something
为某物找到／建立／开创市场 - start/launch an advertising/a marketing campaign
发起广告／营销宣传活动 - develop/launch/promote a product/website
开发／推出／推销产品／网站 - create/generate demand for your product
为产品创造需求 - attract/get/retain/help customers/clients
吸引／赢得／留住／帮助顾客／客户 - drive/generate/boost/increase demand/sales
刺激／创造／提高／增加需求／销售量 - beat/keep ahead of/out-think/outperform the competition
打败／领先于／智胜／胜过竞争对手 - meet/reach/exceed/miss sales targets
完成／达到／超过／未达到销售目标
Finance 财务 - draw up/set/present/agree/approve a budget
起草／制订／提出／批准预算 - keep to/balance/cut/reduce/slash the budget
执行／平衡／削减／大幅削减预算 - be/come in below/under/over/within budget
未超出／超出预算；在预算之内 - generate income/revenue/profit/funds/business
产生收益／利润／资金／营业额 - fund/finance a campaign/a venture/an expansion/spending/a deficit
为活动／商业项目／扩张／开支／赤字提供资金 - provide/raise/allocate capital/funds
提供／筹集／分配资金 - attract/encourage investment/investors
吸引／鼓励投资／投资者 - recover/recoup costs/losses/an investment
收回成本／亏损／投资 - get/obtain/offer somebody/grant somebody credit/a loan
获得／为某人提供／准予某人贷款 - apply for/raise/secure/arrange/provide finance
申请／筹集／获得／安排／提供资金
Failure 失败；不成功 - lose business/trade/customers/sales/revenue
失去生意／买卖／顾客／销量／收益 - accumulate/accrue/incur/run up debts
累积／积累／招致／积欠债务 - suffer/sustain enormous/heavy/serious losses
蒙受惨重损失 - face cuts/a deficit/redundancy/bankruptcy
面临削减／赤字／裁员／破产 - file for/ (North American English) enter/avoid/escape bankruptcy
申请／避免／幸免破产 - (British English) go into administration/liquidation
进入行政接管／清算 - liquidate/wind up a company
清算／关闭公司 - survive/weather a recession/downturn
艰难渡过萧条期／衰退期 - propose/seek/block/oppose a merger
提出／寻求／阻止／反对合并 - launch/make/accept/defeat a takeover bid
发起／进行／接受／阻止收购投标
Culture companiescompaniesThere are several types of business company in Britain. A statutory company is set up by an Act of Parliament. Many former statutory companies that were managed by the government, such as those responsible for Britain's railway system and coal industry, have now been privatized (= sold and made into private companies operating for profit).Most commercial businesses in Britain are registered companies. Lists of these are kept by the Registrar of Companies, and company information and accounts are kept at Companies House. Registered companies may be either private companies or public companies. Private companies have a limited number of shareholders (or members), and their shares are not available to the general public. Shares in public companies can be bought and sold by the public on the stock exchange.A limited company, sometimes called a limited liability company, can be either private or public. The liability (= responsibility) of shareholders for any losses is limited to the value of their shares. Private limited companies have the letters Ltd after their name. A public limited company (plc) must offer its shares for sale to the public. Most large companies in Britain, such as BP, for example, are public limited companies. A special type of limited company, the company limited by guarantee, is used especially for charities. Rather than buy shares, its members promise to pay for a share of debts if it fails.Most businesses in the US are corporations, which are similar to British limited companies. A limited liability company is often referred to as an LLC. People who invest money in them are liable for (= risk losing) only the amount they have invested. Some corporations sell their shares on the stock exchange, but others do not. Small corporations, for example family businesses, may be called close corporations. Corporations often have the letters Inc. (short for ‘ incorporated ’) after their name. The laws about how corporations are formed and should operate vary from state to state.In both Britain and the US, professional businesses like law firms are often partnerships, which consist of two or more people who own a business and are together responsible for its debts. In a limited partnership ‘general partners’ run the business and take responsibility for debts while ‘limited partners’ only invest money.A sole proprietorship is run by one person only. Many small businesses in the US operate in this way because the rules are much simpler than those for corporations. Sole proprietorships do not have limited liability. If the name of the business is not the same as the name of the person who runs it, the letters d.b.a. are used, short for doing business as, for example 'Ted Smith, d.b.a. Ted's Book Store'.Extra ExamplesDuring the recession many small companies went out of business. 经济衰退期间，很多小公司破了产。 He has shares in several companies. 他在几家公司都有股份。 She's been working for the same company for 15 years. 她一直在同一家公司工作了 15 年。 The company has been taken over by a rival. 该公司被一家竞争对手接管了。 The company produces cotton goods. 公司生产棉制品。 a major European company 一家欧洲大公司 a public limited company 一家上市有限责任公司 a small insurance company 一家小的保险公司 a small start-up software company 一家刚起步的小软件公司 an international trading company 一家国际贸易公司 the division of power within a company 公司内的分权 It is company policy not to allow smoking in the building. 公司的政策是不允许在大楼里吸烟。 Mike gets a company car with his new job. 迈克因新的职位配备了一辆公司用车。 She joined the company in 2009. 她于 2009 年加入这家公司。 During the 1980s it was one of the largest computer companies in the world. 在20世纪80年代，它是全球最大的计算机公司之一。 This new car has been developed with parent company Toyota. 这辆新车是与母公司丰田一起开发的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- leading
- …
- group
- create
- establish
- form
- …
- make something
- manufacture something
- produce something
- …
- director
- executive
- owner
- …
- in a/the company
- within a/the company
- a director of a company
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(often in names 常用于名称 a group of people who work or perform together 剧团；演出团 a theatre/dance, etc. company 剧团、舞蹈团等 the Royal Shakespeare Company 皇家莎士比亚戏剧团 a small touring opera company 巡演小歌剧团
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- touring
- …
- [uncountable]
the fact of being with somebody else and not alone 陪伴；做伴 - somebody's company
I enjoy Jo's company (= I enjoy being with her). 我喜欢和乔在一起。 - in the company of somebody
a pleasant evening in the company of friends 与朋友一起度过的愉快夜晚 She enjoys her own company (= being by herself) when she is travelling. 她喜爱独自旅行。 The children are very good company (= pleasant to be with) at this age. 和这个年龄的孩子在一起很开心。 - for company
He's coming with me for company. 他要陪伴我一起来。
Extra ExamplesHe's nervous in the company of his colleagues. 他和同事们一起时很紧张。 He's very good company. 他是个很不错的伙伴。 I always enjoy her company. 我总是很喜欢她陪我。 I took my mother with me for company. 我把母亲带在身边作伴。 It's nice to have a bit of company for a change. 有时改变一下找个人作伴还是很不错的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- pleasant
- poor
- …
- have
- keep somebody
- need
- …
- for company
- in somebody’s company
- have the pleasure of somebody’s company
- request the pleasure of somebody’s company
- like your own company
- …
- somebody's company
- [uncountable] (formal)
guests in your house 宾客；来宾 Extra ExamplesWe're expecting company this afternoon. 我们今天下午有客人。 The dining room was only used when they had company. 餐厅只在他们有客人的时候使用。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + company- expect
- have
- [uncountable] (formal)
a group of people together 在一起的一群人 She told the assembled company what had happened. 她把发生的事告诉了聚会的人。 - in company
It is bad manners to whisper in company (= in a group of people). 在众人面前窃窃私语是不礼貌的行为。
Extra ExamplesThose children don't know how to behave in company. 那些孩子不懂在社交场合如何做到得体有礼。 He glanced around the assembled company. 他扫视了一下聚集的人群。 It's not the type of joke you'd tell in mixed company (= in a group of people of both sexes). 如果周围有男有女，讲这种笑话不合适。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mixed
- assembled
- keep
- in company
- get into bad company
- keep bad company
- present company excepted
- …
- [countable + singular or plural verb]
a group of soldiers that is part of a battalion 连队
business商业
theatre/dance戏剧；舞蹈
being with somebody与某人在一起
guests宾客
group of people一群人
soldiers士兵
Word OriginMiddle English (in senses (2) to (6)): from Old French compainie; related to compaignon, literally ‘one who breaks bread with another’, based on Latin com- ‘together with’ + panis ‘bread’.
Idioms
the company somebody keeps
get into/keep bad company
to be friends with people that others think are bad 与坏人交往 They worried about their teenage son getting into bad company. 他们担心他们十几岁的儿子会结交坏朋友。 He got into bad company and got involved in drugs. 他进入了一个坏公司，并卷入了毒品交易。
in company with somebody/something
in good company
if you say that somebody is in good company, you mean that they should not worry about a mistake, etc. because somebody else, especially somebody more important, has done the same thing 无伤大雅（表示不必为错误等担忧，因为他人，尤其是更重要的人也犯过同样的错误） If you worry about your relationship with your teenage son or daughter, you are in good company. Many parents share these worries. 如果你担心你和你十几岁的儿子或女儿的关系，你是一个好伙伴。很多家长都有这些担心。
keep somebody company
part company (with/from somebody)
(also part ways (with/from somebody))
to leave somebody; to end a relationship with somebody 离开；分手；断绝关系 This is where we part company (= go in different directions). 这就是我们分手的地方。 The band have parted company with their manager. 乐队与其经理人已散伙了。 The band and their manager have parted company. 乐队与其经理人已散伙了。 He parted ways with the team at the end of the season. 赛季结束时，他与球队分道扬镳。
to disagree with somebody about something （与某人）有意见分歧 Weber parted company with Marx on a number of important issues. 韦伯与马克思在若干重大问题上意见有分歧。 The two leaders parted ways on this question. 两位领导人在这个问题上分道扬镳了。
present company excepted
- (informal)
used after being rude or critical about somebody to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism 在座诸位除外；与这里的各位无关 The people in this office are so narrow-minded, present company excepted, of course. 办公室里的人都很小心眼，当然在场的人除外。
two’s company (, three’s a crowd)
- (saying)
used to suggest that it is better to be in a group of only two people than have a third person with you as well 两人成伴（三人太多）