mid-12c., "large group of people," from Old French compagnie "society, friendship, intimacy; body of soldiers" (12c.), from Late Latin companio (see companion). Meaning "companionship" is from late 13c. Sense of "business association" first recorded 1550s, having earlier been used in reference to trade guilds (c. 1300). Meaning "subdivision of an infantry regiment" is from 1580s. Abbreviation co. dates from 1670s.
实用例句
1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
如果你独处时感到寂寞，说明没有把自己陪好。
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2. Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.
医生们抱怨他们疲于应付医药公司的销售人员。
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3. A changing world has put pressures on the company.
日新月异的世界使这家公司感到了压力。
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4. The company I work for went through a rough patch.
我所在的公司经历了一段困难时期。
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5. The company manufactures a range of innovative light-weight cycles.
