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company noun 4group of people together 人群ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPANY | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEmixed (= men and women) 一群男女assembled 聚集的一群人◆He glanced around the assembled company.他扫视了一下聚集的人群。VERB + COMPANYkeep (= to spend time with people) 交友◆John's mother was worried about the company he kept.约翰的母亲很担心他交的那些朋友。PREPOSITIONin company 在交际场合;在人前◆Those children don't know how to behave in company.那些孩子不懂在社交场合如何做到得体有礼。◆That's not something to say in mixed company.在男女都在场的情况下不该说那些话。PHRASESget into bad company, keep bad company (= to be friends with people that others disapprove of) 与坏人交往present company excepted (used after being rude or critical about sb to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism) 在座的各位除外 |