corporation
美音:
[´kɔ:pə´reıʃən
]英音:
[´kɔ:pə´reıʃən
]n.[律]社团,法人,公司,企业,<美>有限公司,(市,镇的)自治机关,<口>大肚皮
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corporation为短语/超纲词汇
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corp=body(身体)
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corporation
/,kɔ:pə'reɪʃn; ,kɔrpə`reʃən/
n
1 [CGp] (esp Brit) group of people elected to govern a town; council 市政当局
*the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London 伦敦市长及市政当局
* the municipal corporation 市行政机关
* [attrib 作定语] corporation services, transport, refuse collection, etc 市政机关管理的部门、运输、垃圾收集服务等.
2 [CGp] (abbr 缩写 corp)
(a) group of people authorized to act as an individual, eg for business purposes 法人团体(如贸易公司)
*Broadcasting authorities are often public corporations. 广播事业管理机构一般为公营公司.
(b) (esp US) business company 公司
*large multinational corporations 大跨国公司.
3 [C] (joc 谑 esp Brit) large fat stomach 大肚皮.
corporation
n[C]a big company, or a group of companies acting together as a single organization
He works for a large American corporation. multinational corporations the Siemens Corporationcorporation tax(=tax that companies have to pay on their profits)
an organization or group of organizations that work together for a particular purpose and are officially recognized as one
the New Orleans Citywide Development Corporation a housing corporationBrE old use a group of people elected to govern a town or city
=
council
1. BellSouth Corporation, with operations in four wireless markets, estimates its annual revenue per average customer at about $2,000 as compared to $860 in the United States. 在四个无线电话市场有营运点的贝尔南方电话公司估计它的年收入约为平均每个客户2,000美元,与之相比,在美国国内的收入是860美元。
2. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation. 而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象,在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯就是一个例子。
3. To take just one example, the Chrysler Corporation, third largest of the U.S. car manufacturers, revealed that it made questionable payments of more than $2.5 million between 1971 and 1976. 仅举一例:美国第三大汽车制造企业克莱斯勒汽车公司透露,它在1971至1976年间共发生了250万美元的可疑开支。
4. The Euro Disney Corporation, acknowledging that its elaborate theme park had not performed as strongly as expected, 欧洲迪斯尼公司承认,其精心建造的主题公园并未如预期般表现出色。
5. The parent company, Walt Disney Corporation, said Thursday that its income rose 33 percent in the quarter. 它的母公司沃尔特·迪斯尼公司星期四说欧洲迪斯尼的收入本季度上升了33%。
6. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. 他只说在埃尔斯米尔公司上班。
7. Most people, somewhere between the ages of 30 and 50, finally arrive at the inevitable conclusion that they were meant to do more than serve a corporation, a government agency, or whatever. 大多数年龄约在30至50岁之间的人都会最终得出一个必然的结论,即他们不应该仅仅是为某个公司、某个政府机构或任何其他单位服务。
8. John works for a large American chemical corporation. 约翰为一家美国大化学公司工作.
9. For example, one U.S. corporation offered a large sum of money in support of a U.S. presidential candidate at a time when the company was under investigation for possible violations of U. S. business laws. 比如,有一家美国企业曾因可能触犯美国商业法规而正受调查,此时它捐出一大笔款项支持一位总统候选人。
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