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[C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people who
work or perform together JgiJ @9; LB M: a theatre/dance, etc.
company
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Company
Htfc#. $ Si ffl
►
BEING WITH SB A£ Afc—
sb else and not alone [$«#; M#: I enjoy Jo’s company (= I enjoy being with
her). &--•-«££<> 0 She
enjoys her own company (= being by herself) when she is
travelling. ilifiglfTo o The children are very good company (= pleasant to be with)
at
this age.
0
a pleasant evening in the company of friends A &H-* t&8L fife o He’s
coming with me for company.
►
GUESTS 4 [U] {formal) guests in your house
: I didn’t realize you
had company. 7 IS ^Ao
►
GROUP OF PEOPLE A 5 [U] {formal) a group of people together fE — £2 £ft — A : She told the assembled company what had happened.
Eft
A0 0 It is bad manners to whisper in company (= in a group of
people). £ & A® m
AAo
►
SOLDIERS 6 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of soldiers that
is part of a battalion
IT»T?1 the company sb keeps the people that sb spends time with A; {A# ; ifi.
Eft
A: Judging'by
the company he kept, Mark must have been a wealthy man. HI Ug A #r 3c ft Eft
AAf'J^r, it
—JiHi H It 0 get into/keep bad company to be friends with people that others disapprove
of AifA;$: ft in company with sb/sth {formal) together with or at the
same time as sb/sth A — M A■••• N : She
arrived in company with the
ship’s captain. MA4tH£.t* fij o o The US dollar went
through a difficult time, in company with the oil market. A X A X ift X & B Eft I?: in good 'company if you say that sb is in
good company, you mean that they should not worry about a mistake, etc. because
sb else, especially sb more important, has done the same thing (
®mA, A^JiM WlftA ) MIM keep sb 'company to stay with sb so that
they are not alone lift if;
RHf: I’ll keep you company while you’re waiting, iff. # A Eft 7 Pn # ft o two’s 'company (,
three’s a 'crowd) (saying) used to suggest that it is better to be in
a group of only two people than have a third person with you as well MAl&#
( H AA^ ) — more at part v., present adj.
company ‘car noun a car which is provided
by the company that you work for ( AMSM&Eft
) ft A 7
.company .sergeant major noun an officer of middle
rank in the army
corn-par able /'kmnparabl; NAmE 'ka:m-/ adj. ~ (to/ with sb/sth)
similar to sb/sth else and able to be compared {ft Eft; A tfc Eft: A comparable house in
the south of the city would cost twice as much. — j^Stcfft 0 The situation in
the
m&mfflmmnmmmxmmmb&x&ii ►com-
par-abil-ity /.kDmpara'bilati; NAmE ,ka:m-/ noun [U]: Each group will have
the same set of questions, in order to ensure comparability. A fift $ A tfc ffc, fg-—j#fij —
com para tive /kam'paerativ/ adj., noun adj. 1 connected with
studying things to find out how similar or different they are tfc & Eft ; tfc Eft : a comparative study of the educational
systems of two countries MBffcWit'JffiEfttfc&fiEf^ o comparative
linguistics tfc iff g ^ 2 measured or judged by how similar or
different it is to sth else tfc&fflffEft; itftftEft HIT! relative :
Then
he was living in comparative comfort (= compared with others
or with his own life at a previous time), ftfe IP W ft fg- tfc $£ iS 0 0 The company is a
comparative newcomer to the software market (= other companies have
been in business much longer). &|CftAtB)ftM WIfc
ft 7
o 3 {grammar /A) relating to adjectives
or adverbs that express more in amount, degree or quality, for example better, worse, slower and more difficult tfc £$ Eft ( ft better , worse ,
slower ft more difficult) — compare superlative
a noun (grammar \§?£) the form of an adjective or adverb
that expresses more in amount, degree or quality ( ^ul^cSTwIEft) tfc®£jUf/X: ‘Better’ is the
comparative of ‘good’ and ‘more difficult’ is the comparative of ‘difficult’. * better j§ good Eft tfc $£ ;
more
difficult Ji
difficult Eft ttSAJL — compare superlative
comparative lin guistics noun [u] the study of how related languages are similar and
different, especially in order to discover things about a language that both
these languages came from, and that no longer exists
com para tive ly /kam'paerativli/ adv. as compared to sth/sb
else tfciA_h;
At ±tk
EOTl relatively : The unit is
comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate. %mA&tfcgt#,l£$m.Rftig AM. 0 He died comparatively
young
(= at
a younger age than most people die). ft£EAft£Eft7A° 0 comparatively
fewAow/rare/recent tfc $$ A / {& / ¥ jiL; H |efl ± ft A $£
m
com pare On /kam'pea(r); NAmE - perl verb, noun
m verb 1 [abbr. cf., cp.) [VN] ~ A and B | ~ A with/to B to
examine people or things to
see how they are similar and how they are different tfc$$; A tfc: It is interesting to
compare their situation and ours. fE #, ill (ft 9A {ft A) fc 111 ift +1 tfc iE W M ® □ O We compared the two
reports carefully. AREitfe tfc^7 WAlt#0
o We carefully compared
the first report with the second, ftcfijfftffl tfcjfc 7 W>—{ft JB. % ffl % X ifr jg. ^ „ o My own problems seem
insignificant compared with other people’s. -A jji| A (ft fft Sffitfc, O Standards in
health care have improved enormously
compared to 40 years ago. A 40 AJuffitfc, 7LX^M^7jcX#f'J7®AM jtj 0 2 [V] ~ with/to sb/sth to be similar to sb/sth else, either
better or worse A;- ) : This school
compares with the best in the
country
(= it
is as good as them). &J^#AA£ISII$f o
This holLse
doesn’t compare with our
previous one (= it is not as good). & 7 tfc 7 ± iU
leX ml W o o I’ve had some
difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours (= they were not
nearly as bad as yours). ^ il 31 7 :ffiA#ift®imfc&«Jr7±ft-77o o Their prices compare favourably with those of their competitors. 3 [VN] ~ A
to B to show or state that
sb/sth is similar to sb/sth else ••• A-ffifW; tfc A: The critics compared
his work to that of Martin Amis, if T • IT»T?1 compare 'notes (with
sb) if two or more people compare notes, they each say what they think about the
same event, situation, etc. ( A- ) )
mnoun IflTBl beyond/without com'pare (literary) better than anything else of the same
kind A A ffc tfc ; ^ tti:
/m
Com pari son CH» /kam'paerisn/ noun
►
[U] ~ (with sb/sth) the process of
comparing two or
more people or things tfc : Comparison with other
oil-producing countries is extremely interesting. AKf&X
iEfiAASff-tfc^JIXSWBMo oi enclose the two plans for comparison. W
tfc^0 0 The
education system bears/stands no comparison with that in many
Eastern European countries (= it is not as good).
►
[C] ~ (of A and/to/with B) | ~ (between A
and B) an
occasion when two or more
people or things are compared A tfc; tt: a comparison of the rail
systems in
salaries with those of women HA‘I$f$Jtfc!$ 0 It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book—they are completely
different. $£ A M VJ, HU
A tfc M # M #c ^ X [sj W c O You can draw
comparisons with the situation in