(单词翻译:单击)
【根】corp=body(身体;肉体)
carnival carn-car-kor-ork pork=pig+ork
break fracture=frac-break+t+ure
corporation[,kɔ:pə'reiʃən]
(abbreviation Corp.) a large business company
an organization or a group of organizations that is recognized by law as a single unit:
a group of people elected to govern a large town or city and provide public services
n. 公司;法人(团体);(市、镇的)自治机构
词组短语
British Broadcasting Corporation 英国广播公司(BBC)
transnational corporation 跨国公司
multinational corporation 跨国公司
private corporation 私营公司
business corporation 企业法人
corps[kɔ:]
词汇起源
late 13c., cors "body," from O.Fr. cors "body, person, corpse, life",from L. corpus "body" .French restored the Latin -p- in 14c., and English followed 15c.,
a large unit of an army, consisting of two or more DIVISIONS
one of the groups of an army with a special responsibility
a group of people involved in a particular job or activity
n. 军团;兵种;兵队;(德国大学的)学生联合会;(共同工作者)团体,队,团
例句
His father served in the medical corps during World War II.
第二次大战时,他父亲在医务部队服役。
corpse[kɔ:ps]
a dead body, especially of a human being
n. 尸体
corporal['kɔ:pərəl]
Of or relating to the body.
(abbreviation Cpl) a member of one of the lower ranks in the army, the MARINES or the British air force
adj. 肉体的,身体的
n.【军】 下士
例句
Nowadays, corporal punishment is banned in many schools.
现在许多学校禁止体罚。
corpus['kɔ:pəs] 我们的身体就是各个器官的集合
formal a collection of all the writing of a particular kind or by a particular person
technical a large collection of written or spoken language, that is used for studying the language
n. [计] 语料库;文集
例句
I’ve got the corpus of Shakespeare’s works.
我有莎士比亚全集。