Talking or writing about companies 谈论或描写companies
business a company that makes or sells goods or provides a service, especially one owned and run by one person or a small group of people: 公司,企业,工厂,商店(制造或销售产品或提供服务的公司,尤指个人或一小群人拥有并经营的公司): She left to start her own catering business.她离职开起了自己的餐饮店。 He sold the business that his father and grandfather had built up.他把父亲和祖父创立起来的公司卖了。
firm a company, especially one providing professional or financial services: 公司,事务所(尤指提供职业或金融服务的机构): a large New York law firm纽约的一家大型律师事务所 a firm of architects/management consultants建筑师/管理咨询事务所。
cooperative a company that is owned and run by all the people who work for it: 合作社(由所有员工拥有并经营的公司): an organic food cooperative有机食品合作社。
corporation a large company that employs a lot of people: (雇佣大量员工的)大公司,大企业: the state-run sugar corporation国营大型糖厂 Some of the Hollywood studios were bought by big Japanese corporations.有一些好莱坞电影制作公司被日本的大公司买去了。
multinational a large company that operates in many different countries: 跨国公司: The fund invests mainly in US multinationals.资金主要投资于美国的跨国公司。 an advertising agency with several multinational clients, including Coca-Cola拥有包括可口可乐公司在内的几家跨国公司客户的广告公司。
subsidiary a company that is owned by a larger company: (大公司的)子公司: Electronics giant Panasonic is a subsidiary of Matsushita.电子业巨头松下电器是松下集团的子公司。
plc a large British company that members of the public can invest money in 公共有限公司(公众可以投资的英国大型公司)。
conglomerate a large company made up of several smaller companies that often has a wide range of business activities: (由几个公司组成,业务范围广泛的)大型联合企业: one of the world's largest media conglomerates, with interests in television, magazines, books, and the Internet全球最大的大型传媒联合企业之一,在电视、杂志、书籍和因特网领域都有股份。