n. 公司,商號;作伴,伴侶,客人;連隊,中隊;(社交)集會,聚會;
?? com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名詞后綴)→交誼;伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的資金潛逃了。
近義:institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 使工作;使運作;操作;使產生效果;
n. 工作,操作;著作;工廠;行為,事業;
vt. 使工作;操作;經營;使緩慢前進;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近義:labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反義:idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
n. 出發,開始;
v. 出發,啟程( start的現在分詞 );起動;提出(問題);開辦;
"The band is starting to get a lot of airplay."
這支樂隊的歌曲已開始在電臺熱播。
近義:startup, bolt, activation, actuation, commencement, inception