corporation

英 [ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɔːrpəˈreɪʃn]

n. (大)公司; 法人; 法人团体; 市政委员会

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同义词辨析

company corporation firm【导航词义：公司】

companyn. 公司

〔辨析〕

多指生产、销售产品或服务的公司。

〔例证〕

He works for a bus company.
他在一家公共汽车公司工作。
This computer company was formed in 2004.
这家计算机公司成立于2004年。

corporationn. （大）公司，企业集团

〔辨析〕

多指综合型大公司，也指在其他地区或国家拥有分公司的大集团。

〔例证〕

West Coast Corps is a large international trade corporation.
西海岸公司是一家大型国际贸易公司。
It takes brains to run a multinational corporation.
管理跨国公司要有头脑。

firmn. 公司，商行，事务所

〔辨析〕

尤指小型公司或商行。

〔例证〕

He has set up an electronics firm of his own.
他自己开了一家电子公司。
Kim is with a firm of accountants in Birmingham.
金在伯明翰的一家会计师事务所工作。

noun

（大）公司
a large business company
1. multinational corporations
  跨国公司
2. the Chrysler corporation
  克莱斯勒公司
法人；法人团体
an organization or a group of organizations that is recognized by law as a single unit
1. urban development corporations
  城市开发集团公司
市政委员会
a group of people elected to govern a large town or city and provide public services

N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 大公司;大企业
Acorporationis a large business or company.
1. ...multi-national corporations.
  跨国公司
2. ...the Seiko Corporation.
  精工株式会社
N-COUNT (英国某些大城市的)市政委员会
In some large British cities, thecorporationis the local authority that is responsible for providing public services.
1. ...the corporation's task of regenerating 900 acres of the inner city.
  市政委员会改造900英亩的市中心贫民区的任务

noun

slang for a paunch
Synonym:potpotbellybay windowtummy
a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
Synonym:corp

The rule applies where a person owns stock in a corporation.
该规定适用于持有公司股票的人。
The corporation is fighting to survive its second brush with bankruptcy.
公司正在努力摆脱自身遭遇的第二次破产危机。
When a corporation becomes bankrupt, its stock is of no value any more.
当一家上市公司破产的时候，它的股票就一文不值了。
On the contrary, we should strengthen our corporation with them.
相反，咱们应当增强和他们的合作。
I'm the manager of the China Textiles Import and Export Corporation.
我是中国纺织品进出口总公司的经理。
He is familiar with finance and corporation legal affairs and operation for listed corporations.
熟悉金融及公司法律事务和上市公司运作。
A changing world has put pressures on the corporation.
日新月异的世界使这家公司感到了压力。
This viewpoint sees the Multinational Corporation as capable of circumventing or subverting national objectives and policies.
这种观点认为，跨国公司能够遏制和破坏国家的目标和政策。
The corporation lost a lot of money this year.
公司今年亏空不少。
I've mistaken the difference between a public& private corporation.
我误解了一个公立和私营企业的区别。