| 英语单词 | subsidiary |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [səb'sɪdiəri] 美 [səb'sɪdieri] |
| 中文释义 | n.子公司;附属机构 adj.辅助的;补贴的;附属的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) be disguised by(with) sth |
| vocabulary简明 | If a company belongs to another company, then the owned company is a subsidiary. When a large company bought your small business, you became a subsidiary. It still hurts to call them the parent company, since you publish novels and they make toilet paper. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The adjective form of subsidiary describes something that is of secondary importance or that functions in a supporting capacity. In addition to running the band program, you're a member of several subsidiary committees like the fund raising committee and the hospitality committee. Traffic on the road was light when you drove outside the city, but as more subsidiary roads joined with the main one, traffic quickly became congested. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]附属公司;子公司 A subsidiary or a subsidiary company is a company which is part of a larger and more important company. [oft N [BUSINESS 商]
2 [ADJ 形容词]辅助的;附带的;次要的 If something is subsidiary, it is less important than something else with which it is connected.
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