Company

　　Basic need

　　音形義

　　Everyday Expressions

　　n. 同伴

　　I don’t feel at home in Alice’s company. (覺得不自在。)

　　n. 陪伴

　　George keeps his own company. (獨(dú)來獨(dú)往)

　　n. 公司

　　This company laid off 100 hands. (人)公司名通常簡寫為: Co.例：史密斯公司--- Smith Co.

　　衍生詞語

　　companion (伙伴);

　　companionship (友誼，伴侶關(guān)系);

　　常見搭配 Useful Phrases

　　出版社 --- a publishing company

　　陪伴 --- for company

　　和某人一道 --- keep sb. company

　　和…交往，與…為友--- keep company with

　　和…一起 --- be in company with

　　斷絕來往 --- part company

　　習(xí)語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs

　　company man --- (白領(lǐng)階層的)受雇者

　　Two is company, three is crowd. --- 兩人為伴,三人添亂.

　　生活用語 Street Talks

　　A: Jack doesn’ t enjoy the company of the opposite sex!(不喜歡與異性作伴)

　　B: What a queer bird! (多奇怪的人啊!)

　　C: No, I don’t think so. I think he’s glad of Joanna’s company!

　　A: See, they’re over there!!!

　　A: What does your son do for a living?

　　B: He works for a shipping company.

　　A: John and Kate are keeping company. (談戀愛)

　　B: Well I don’t think they are serious. Parents usually remind their kids to avoid the company of strangers. (避免與陌生人交往)

　　電影對白 Transcripts

　　句型 Anyway, like I was saying, I had a lot of company. 《阿甘正傳》

　　He graduated from Yale at 19 and took his mother and company for a ride on the fiber-optic highway, and turned a one hundred million dollar family business into some serious money. 《情歸巴黎》

　　I’m too busy with this company. 《情歸巴黎》

　　It’s like what happens when I watch those phone company ads.《西雅圖夜未眠》

　　諺語 Proverbs

　　Better go it alone than to be in bad company.寧可一人獨(dú)往，莫與壞人為伴。

　　You may know a man by the company he keeps.只見其友則知其人。