firm是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

n. 公司；企业；事务所；商行

adj. 坚固的；稳固的；坚决的；【商业】固定的(货币)坚挺的

adv. 稳固地

v. 使(变)坚实

网络 坚定；商号；坚定的

变形：

复数：firms  比较级：firmer  最高级：firmest  过去分词：firmed  现在分词：firming  

完整释义：

n.

1.商号,商行;公司;企业;事务所;厂商
2.工作集体〔如一组医生〕
3.冰川粒雪

adj.

1.坚固的,坚牢的;稳固的
2.坚定的,坚决的
3.【商业】固定的(货币)坚挺的,稳定的;(金融等)紧缩的
4.严格的
5.确定的;靠得住的
6.〔商〕坚挺的,不能撤销的

adv.

1.稳固地,坚定地

v.

1.使(变)坚固,使(变)坚实,使(变)稳定

例句：

1. The division now contributes close to a third of the firm's total profits, according to an executive at the company.
   公司的一位高级主管透露，这部分收入接近公司总收入的第三大项。

2. It was a bit of a damp squib, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation.
   不过它就像一个受潮了的爆竹，既没有给出坚决的建议，也没有提出新的规章或者法规。

3. There was little doubt but that an agreement to sell or shore up the firm had to be reached over the weekend.
   市面谣言在周末有可能达成某协议，出售或承托该公司。

4. One of the reasons it was considered inadequate was that the firm was only looking for evidence of the absence of the previous compound.
   其中的一个原因是，公司只寻找了以前化合物缺乏的证据。

5. David Sun, E&Y's co-managing partner for the Far East, said the firm was "dismayed by the unexpected circumstances that have arisen" .
   安永远东区联席管理合伙人孙德基（DavidSun）表示，公司“对出现的意外状况感到惊愕”。

6. She took a firm grasp of the hand of her husband and finally climbed up to the peak.
   她紧紧地抓住丈夫的手，终于爬上了山顶。

7. The firm has been able to control the price of music, boosting sales of iPods but not bringing the record companies a great deal of money.
   苹果公司能够控制音乐价格了，这抬升了iPods的销售额但却对唱片公司赚钱没什么帮助。

8. Hays, Britain's biggest recruitment firm, suffered a 43% drop in annual profits but said the British jobs market was stabilising.
   Hays，英国最大的招聘中介公司，也承受了43%的年中利润下降，但是表态说英国的就业市场已经在稳定了。