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名词公司，商号; 作伴，伴侣，客人; 连队，中队; （社交）集会，聚会

1. 公司
A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.

e.g. Sheila found some work as a secretary in an insurance company.
希拉在一家保险公司找到一份当秘书的工作。
e.g. ...the Ford Motor Company.
福特汽车公司

2. 剧团;歌舞团
A company is a group of opera singers, dancers, or actors who work together.

e.g. ...the Phoenix Dance Company.
凤凰舞蹈团

3. 连
A company is a group of soldiers that is usually part of a battalion or regiment, and that is divided into two or more platoons.

e.g. The division will consist of two tank companies and one infantry company...
这个师的组成部队将包括两个坦克连和一个步兵连。
e.g. C Company's sentries were just ahead.
C连的哨兵就在前头。

4. 陪伴;陪同
Company is having another person or other people with you, usually when this is pleasant or stops you feeling lonely.

e.g. 'I won't stay long.' — 'No, please. I need the company'...
“我不会呆很久。”“别这样，求你了。我需要有人陪。”
e.g. Ross had always enjoyed the company of women...
罗斯总是喜欢有女人陪伴。

5. see also: joint-stock company;public company

6. (用于某人的名字之后表示)及其同伴，一伙
You can say and company after mentioning a person's name, to refer also to the people who are associated with that person.

e.g. Keegan and company approached the game with understandable caution.
基根一伙人小心谨慎地对待这场比赛，这是可以理解的。

7. (不必为错误自责，因为)大人物们也犯过同样的错
If you say that someone is in good company, you mean that they should not be ashamed of a mistake or opinion, because some important or respected people have made the same mistake or have the same opinion.

e.g. Mr Koo is in good company. The prime minister made a similar slip a couple of years back.
库先生的错大人物也犯过。几年前首相就有过类似的疏漏。

8. 有客人(或朋友)在
If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.

e.g. He didn't say he had had company.
他没说当时有客人在。

9. （与别人）在一起
When you are in company, you are with a person or group of people.

e.g. When they were in company she always seemed to dominate the conversation...
他们在一起的时候，她好像总是操纵着话语权。
e.g. I feel awkward and shy in company.
跟别人在一起的时候，我觉得很别扭，不好意思。

10. 和…有同样的想法(或感觉、认识)
If you feel, believe, or know something in company with someone else, you both feel, believe, or know it.

e.g. Saudi Arabia, in company with some other Gulf oil states, is concerned to avoid any repetition of the two oil price shocks of the 1970s.
避免20世纪70年代两次石油价格冲击的情形再次出现，这是沙特阿拉伯和其他一些海湾石油国家一致关心的问题。

11. 陪伴;给…做伴
If you keep someone company, you spend time with them and stop them feeling lonely or bored.

e.g. Why don't you stay here and keep Emma company?
你为什么不呆在这儿，陪陪埃玛？

12. 与…交朋友;与…为伍
If you keep company with a person or with a particular kind of person, you spend a lot of time with them.

e.g. He keeps company with all sorts of lazy characters.
他与形形色色的懒人为伍。

13. 分手;分离
If two or more people part company, they go in different directions after going in the same direction together.

e.g. The three of them parted company at the bus stop.
他们三个在公共汽车站分了手。

14. (通常因有分歧)与…断绝关系
If you part company with someone, you end your association with them, often because of a disagreement.

e.g. The tennis star has parted company with his Austrian trainer...
这位网球明星与他的奥地利教练分道扬镳。
e.g. We have agreed to part company after differences of opinion.
我们道不同不相为谋。

15. 与…有分歧
If you part company with someone on a particular subject, you disagree with them on it.

e.g. Where I part company with him, however, is over the link he forges between science and liberalism.
然而，我与他产生分歧的地方是，他把科学与自由主义联系了起来。

16. 在座诸位除外.
If you are making a general, unfavourable comment about a particular type of person, and you are with people of that type, you can say 'present company excepted' as a way of making your comment sound more polite.

名词季节，季; 时期; 活动期，时令; 暂时

及物动词使适应，使适用; 调味

及物/不及物动词使变干燥

1. 季;季节;时节
The seasons are the main periods into which a year can be divided and which each have their own typical weather conditions.

e.g. Autumn's my favourite season.
秋天是我最喜欢的季节。
e.g. ...the only region of Brazil where all four seasons are clearly defined.
巴西唯一一个四季分明的地区

2. (一年中某项活动或某一事件发生的)节期，时期
You can use season to refer to the period during each year when a particular activity or event takes place. For example, the planting season is the period when a particular plant or crop is planted.

e.g. ...birds arriving for the breeding season...
飞来准备度过繁殖季节的鸟群
e.g. For law students, autumn brings the recruiting season.
对学法律的学生来说，秋季是招聘旺季。

3. (水果、蔬菜等的)当令期，上市期
You can use season to refer to the period when a particular fruit, vegetable, or other food is ready for eating and is widely available.

e.g. The plum season is about to begin...
快到吃李子的季节了。
e.g. Now British asparagus is in season.
现在英国芦笋正当令。

4. (体育项目的)赛季
You can use season to refer to a fixed period during each year when a particular sport is played.

e.g. ...the baseball season...
棒球赛季
e.g. It is his first race this season.
这是他本赛季的第一场比赛。

5. (戏剧、表演的)上演期，会演期，献演期
A season is a period in which a play or show, or a series of plays or shows, is performed in one place.

e.g. ...a season of three new plays.
3 部新戏剧的上演期
e.g. ...the Royal Ballet's summer season.
皇家芭蕾舞团的夏季献演期

6. (一系列相关影片的)上映期
A season of films is several of them shown as a series because they are connected in some way.

e.g. ...a brief season of films in which Artaud appeared.
阿尔托出演的系列影片的短暂上映期

7. 度假旺季;法定假期
The holiday or vacation season is the time when most people have their holiday.

e.g. ...the peak holiday season...
休假高峰期
e.g. There are discos and clubs but these are often closed out of season.
那里有迪斯科舞厅和夜总会，但是通常只在度假旺季营业。

8. 给…调味;加味于
If you season food with salt, pepper, or spices, you add them to it in order to improve its flavour.

e.g. Season the meat with salt and pepper...
用盐和胡椒粉给肉调味。
e.g. I believe in seasoning food before putting it on the table.
我认为在把食物端上餐桌前应该先调味。

9. 对(木材)作干燥处理;风干，晒干(木材)
If wood is seasoned, it is made suitable for making into furniture or for burning, usually by being allowed to dry out gradually.

e.g. Ensure that new wood has been seasoned.
确保新木材已经风干。

10. see also: seasoned;seasoning

11. (雌性动物)处于发情期
If a female animal is in season, she is in a state where she is ready to have sex.

名词子夜，午夜; 漆黑; 一段黑暗阴暗的时间; 漏夜

1. 子夜;午夜;半夜
Midnight is twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.

e.g. It was well after midnight by the time Anne returned to her apartment...
安妮回到寓所的时候早就过了午夜。
e.g. The entrance gates were locked at midnight.
大门午夜时上锁。

2. 半夜的;午夜的;子夜的
Midnight is used to describe something which happens or appears at midnight or in the middle of the night.

e.g. It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline...
想要推迟午夜的最后期限是完全不可能的。
e.g. Well we did have a midnight feast, me and my sister.
我和姐姐的确在半夜大吃了一顿。

3. 开夜车;挑灯夜战;工作(或读书)至深夜
If someone is burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.

e.g. Chris is asleep after burning the midnight oil trying to finish his article.
克里斯为了写完文章挑灯夜战，现在已经睡着了。