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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

corporation [kɔːpə'reɪʃən]
  1. 1. noun [c] [商] 股份有限公司
  2. 2. noun [BRIT] [of town] 市政当局

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

corporation [ˌkɔːrpəˈreɪʃən]
  1. 1. n.[c] 公司社团,法人团体
    The corporation owned the electricity supply as well.
    这家公司拥有电力供应
  2. 2. n.[c] [Spoken] 大肚子,大肚皮
  3. 3. n.[c] 市政当局城市自治机构

Collins English-English Dictionary

corporation ["kɔːpə'reɪʃən]
  1. 1. n municipal corporation the municipal authorities of a city or town
  2. 2. n a group of people authorized by law to act as a legal personality and having its own powers, duties, and liabilities
  3. 3. n a group of people acting as one body
  4. 4. n See public corporation
  5. 5. n [Spoken] a large paunch or belly

Examples

a dummy corporation
皮包公司,虚设的公司
Five companies were amalgamated into a corporation.
五个商号被合并成一个公司。
Our company will be affiliated by the multi-national corporation.
我们公司将会被这家跨国公司吞并。
He built up a corporation on his own after graduating from university.
毕业之后,他单枪匹马建立了一家自己的公司。
The municipal corporation enacted a new regulation.
市自治体, 市政府

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