company的复数

 　　company有公司;商号;陪伴;同伴等意思。

　　company的复数形式：

　　companies

　　company的用法：

　　company的用法1：company在表示“同伴,朋友,客人”的意思时,主要指想法相似,但没有深交的“同伴”“朋友”。作此解时,是不可数名词,常用于人数比较多的场合,还可表示“交际,交往,陪伴”。

　　company的用法2：company表示“一群,一队,一伙”时,用作可数名词，往往有强烈的贬义。

　　company的用法3：company作“公司,商号”解时,属可数集合名词。表示“某公司”时,可用单数也可用复数,用单数表示一个公司整体,用复数强调各个成员。

　　company的用法4：company用作名称时,前面可用一个姓,也可用两、三个姓。例如:Smith,Jones and〔&〕 Company; Smith and〔&〕 Jones Company; The Smith,Jones and〔&〕 Williams Company

　　company的复数例句：

　　1. Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best.

　　有些公司在削减成本，希望一切好转。

　　2. He wants companies to follow the European model of social responsibility.

　　他希望各公司能够以欧洲公司为榜样，承担社会责任。

　　3. Companies are moving jobs to towns with a lower cost of living.

　　各公司正在把工作岗位转移至生活费用较低的城镇。

　　4. It is not an unattractive option to make programmes for other companies.

　　为其他公司制作节目也不失为一个好的选择。

　　5. The European Builders Confederation has a membership of over 350,000 building companies.

　　欧洲建筑商联合会拥有逾35万家建筑公司会员。

　　6. Two leading law firms are to prepare legal actions against tobacco companies.

　　两家很有名的律师事务所准备向烟草公司提起诉讼。

　　7. A particular source of contention¹ is plans to privatise state-run companies.

　　发生争执的一个根源就是国营公司的私有化方案。

　　8. Some companies have toned down the claims on their promotional literature.

　　一些公司已降低了宣传资料中标榜之词的调门。

　　9. Companies should be made to reveal more about their financial position.

　　应该要求公司使其财务状况更为透明化。

　　10. Even quite big companies are going to the wall these days.

　　现如今甚至有些大公司也濒临破产。

　　11. The Pentagon will give preference to companies which do business electronically.

　　美国国防部将会优先考虑那些能够进行电子商务的公司。

　　12. The programme was a gold mine for small production companies.

　　这一方案能为产量较小的公司带来滚滚财源。

　　13. There were reports that three companies were negotiating to market the drug.

　　有报道说，有3家公司在洽谈这种药的市场推广。

　　14. Most companies are looking to sponsor students on specific courses.

　　大部分公司在寻求机会资助学习某些特定课程的学生.

　　15. Television companies tend to censor² bad language in feature films.

　　电视公司往往会在审查故事片时删去其中的粗话。

1 contention   

n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张

参考例句：

• The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
• The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。

2 censor   

n./vt.审查，审查员；删改

参考例句：

• The film has not been viewed by the censor.这部影片还未经审查人员审查。
• The play was banned by the censor.该剧本被查禁了。