英语单词 | corporation |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌkɔːpə'reɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɔːrpə'reɪʃn] |
中文释义 | n.公司;法人 |
英语例句 | (1) He works for a large American corporation. (2) Several new members have come into this corporation. (3) West Coast Corps is a large corporation. (4) A corporation is treated by the law as an entity. (5) And also, the corporation of the MRT construction shall be responsible for the paying back of the investment. |
中文例句 | (1) 他为美国一家大型公司工作。 (2) 这个公司又有新人员加入。 (3) 西海岸公司是个大型公司。 (4) 法人在法律上被视为一个实体。 (5) 同时,实行项目法人负责制,进行综合开发,实现城市轨道交通建设投资的回报。 |
vocabulary简明 | Most of us think of corporations as companies––Kodak is one, Kellogg another, Disney a third. In reality, a corporation has a very particular legal meaning––it's a company that registers with a state government such that it has the same rights and responsibilities as a person. |
vocabulary扩展 | Know the word corpse? It means a dead body, and comes from the Latin corpus "body." One way to remember corporation is that it turns a company into a body––a body that is considered a person in many respects in the eyes of the law. Corporations must pay taxes and follow laws. Because it is a separate entity, when a corporation fails, its employees and managers are not responsible for its debts. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 名称名词;名称名词]大公司;大企业 A corporation is a large business or company. [BUSINESS 商]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](英国某些大城市的)市政委员会 In some large British cities, the corporation is the local authority that is responsible for providing public services.
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