Company Flashcards
Company
公司
Corporation/enterprise/firm/organization/conglomerate/institution
Affiliate
分公司/附屬機構
Institution
制度/機構
Competitor
競爭者 A business or organization offering similar competing products
Corporation
A large company or group of businesses, recognized in law and acting as single entity
Organization
A group of people (or businesses, etc.) who work together for an explicit purpose, with organized rules and structure
Department
部門/系/科/局
Section
A specialized division of a large organization
Enterprise
An organization created for business ventures
企業
Merger
The combination of two or more commercial companies
合併
Franchise
noun
UK /ˈfræn.tʃaɪz/ US /ˈfræn.tʃaɪz/
franchise noun (BUSINESS)
[ C ]
a right to sell a company’s products in a particular area using the company’s name
特許經銷權
a fast-food franchise
速食特許經銷權
a franchise holder
擁有特許經銷權者
Headquarters
noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
UK /ˌhedˈkwɔː.təz/ US /ˈhedˌkwɔːr.t̬ɚz/
plural headquarters (abbreviation HQ)
B2
the main offices of an organization such as the army, the police, or a business company
總部；總局；司令部
The company’s headquarters is/are in Amsterdam.
公司的總部在阿姆斯特丹。
Main office
s結尾但是是單數
Subsidiary
子公司/附屬機構
Firm
公司/商號
Adj堅定的
Branch
分公司/樹枝
acquisition
noun
UK /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/ US /ˌæk.wəˈzɪʃ.ən/
[ U ]
the process of getting something
獲得
The acquisition of huge amounts of data has helped our research enormously.
獲得的大量數據對我們的研究有莫大的幫助。
Language acquisition (= learning a language without being taught) starts at a very young age.
語言習得始於幼年。
Conglomerate
noun
UK /kənˈɡlɒm.ər.ət/ US /kənˈɡlɑː.mɚ.ət/
conglomerate noun (COMPANY)
[ C ]
a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually very different
聯合大企業，企業集團
a financial/industrial conglomerate
金融／工業企業集團
Acquire
verb [ T ]
UK /əˈkwaɪər/ US /əˈkwaɪɚ/
B2
to get something
取得，獲得；購得；學到
He acquired the firm in 2008.
他於2008年收購了這家公司。
I was wearing a newly/recently acquired jacket.
我穿著一件新買的夾克衫。
I seem to have acquired (= have got although I don’t know how) two copies of this book.
這本書我好像重複買了。
He has acquired a reputation for being difficult to work with.
據說很難跟他共事。
Seek
verb formal
UK /siːk/ US /siːk/
sought | sought
seek verb (SEARCH)
B2 [ T ]
to try to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object
尋找；尋求（尤指非物質的東西）
“Are you actively seeking jobs?” she asked.
「你在積極找工作嗎？」她問。
Hundreds of dissidents are seeking refuge/asylum in the US embassy.
數百異議分子到美國大使館尋求庇護。
