adj. 堅(jiān)固的，堅(jiān)牢的;堅(jiān)定的，堅(jiān)決的;嚴(yán)格的;確定的;
vt.& vi. 使堅(jiān)固;使堅(jiān)實(shí);
n. 商號(hào)，商行;公司;企業(yè);工作集體;
adv. 堅(jiān)定地，穩(wěn)固地;
vt. 使堅(jiān)定，使牢固;
vi. 變堅(jiān)實(shí)，變穩(wěn)固;
?? firm =firm,表示”堅(jiān)定,堅(jiān)固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
這家公司現(xiàn)在已與當(dāng)?shù)匾患夜竞喜⒘恕?/div>
近義：office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反義：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
n. 銀行;（條形的）堆;（河的）岸;庫存;
vt.& vi. 堆積;筑（堤）;將（錢）存入銀行;
vi. （轉(zhuǎn)彎時(shí)）傾斜飛行;（在某銀行）開賬戶，存款;
vt. （用煤等）封爐火;
?? bank=bench長椅→由柜臺(tái)轉(zhuǎn)化而來 → 銀行
"I don't have a bank account."
我沒有銀行賬戶。
近義：deposit, hill, earth, tip, slope, lender
反義：retire, withdraw
n. 權(quán)威;權(quán)力;學(xué)術(shù)權(quán)威;[復(fù)數(shù)]當(dāng)權(quán)者;
?? author作者+ity名詞后綴 → 權(quán)力，威信
"in a position of authority"
當(dāng)權(quán)
近義：influence, arbitration, jurisdiction, ascendancy, mastery, might
反義：subjection, subservience, subserviency
n. 顧客，客戶;主顧;<口>家伙;
?? custom習(xí)慣+er人→習(xí)慣進(jìn)商店的人→顧客
"Administration costs are passed on to the customer."
行政費(fèi)用轉(zhuǎn)嫁給了消費(fèi)者。
近義：patron, purchaser, shopper, vendee, buyer, costumier
反義：salesperson, venditor
n. 簽名;署名;識(shí)別標(biāo)志，鮮明特征;[醫(yī)]藥的用法說明;
?? signa=sign記號(hào) + ture表名詞→簽名
"On further examination it was found that the signature was not genuine."
經(jīng)過進(jìn)一步的調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)簽名不是真的.
近義：peculiar, typic, typical, vintage, characteristic, distinctive