company用法说明

company用法说明

◆有客人要来吃饭。

误：The company are coming for dinner.

正：Company is coming for dinner.

析：company 表示“客人”，可指一人或多人，但它却是不可数名词，且一般不与冠词连用。又如：We’re expectiong company this evening.。

◆有人作伴是件愉快的事。

误：It is nice to have companies.

正：It is nice to have company.

析：company 表示“陪伴”、“与人在一起”等，不可数，又如：keep sb company，have one’s company，in company，in company with，in the company of sb，for company 等。

◆他与坏人来往。

误：He keeps bad companies.

正：He keeps bad company.

析：company 表示“伙伴”、“朋友”、“同事”等，不可数，又 如：A man is known by the company he keeps.，He is good company to keep.。

◆他好交际。

误：He is fond of companies.

正：He is fond of company.

析：company 表示“交际”、“交往”等，不可数，又如：He is in bad company.，They broke company.。

◆史密斯公司正在召开年会。

误：Smith ＆ Company is holding their annual meeting.

误：The Smith ＆ Company are holding their annual meeting.

正：Smith ＆ Company are holding their annual meeting.

正： Smith Company are holding their annual meeting.

析：company 除表示“公司”外，还可表示公司名称中未列出姓名的合伙人，用于专有名词时，注意以下几点：用了＆[=and]，则其前不能用冠词；若没用＆，则其前用不用冠词均可；带有＆的公司用作主语时，其谓语通常用复数。