核心畫面

Many people joined into one single body that acts as one.

可以想成「許多人併成一個身體」的畫面:一群個別的人結合起來,被當成一個整體、一致行動。corporate 源自拉丁文更多收起可以想成「許多人併成一個身體」的畫面:一群個別的人結合起來,被當成一個整體、一致行動。corporate 源自拉丁文 corpus(身體)——把分散的個體看成同一具身體。從這個「合成一體」的核心,現代最常用的「公司、企業」其實是一個特例:公司就是法律上把一群人和資本綁成一個單一實體(法人)。所以 corporate 的底色一直是「集體、合而為一」,而不只是「商業」。

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

corporateadj詞源 1/ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/

  • 1

    Of or relating to an institution; institutional.

    • The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.
    • But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
  • 2

    Formed into a institution; incorporated.

  • 3

    Unified into one body; collective.

    • the corporate authorship of the working group
    • They answer in a joint and corporate voice.
  • 4

    Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from an institution.

    • It's not that their interior decorating is horrible; it's just that, well, it's so corporate.

corporatenoun詞源 1/ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/

  • 1

    businessfinanceA bond issued by an institution.

    • So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.
  • 2

    A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.

    • Currently there are 19 members, who are all in Spotlight and belong to Equity. Areas of work include theatre, musicals, television, film, commercials, corporates and voiceovers.
  • 3

    businessAn institution that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.

    • McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.
  • 4

    businessAn institution or group.

  • 5

    informalbusinessThe higher managerial echelons of an institution.

    • it came down from corporate
    • The work could be rewarding, but corporate is micro-managing everything.

corporateverb詞源 2/ˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo incorporate.

    • This hospital of Savoy was again new founded, erected, corporated , and endowed with lands by Queen Mary
  • 2

    obsoleteTo become incorporated.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。