一、详细释义:


n.

同伴;同事 [C]


例句:

Are you alone or with a companion?

你单独一人还是与朋友在一起?


例句:

My companion waited for me at the end of the street.

我的同伴在街道尽头等我。


成对物之一 [C]


例句:

Here's the glove for my left hand, but where's the companion?

这里是我左手的手套,可是右手的在哪里呢?


指南,参考书 [C]


例句:

The Gardener's Companion was written by David Green.

《园艺指南》是戴维·格林写的。


例句:

She carries a traveller's companion with her.

她带了一本旅行指南。


【天】伴星 [C]

(受雇服侍老人或病人的)看护妇 [C]

v.

陪伴 [T]


例句:

They companioned the visitors to the opera.

他们陪着来宾到剧院去。


二、词义辨析:


associate,companion,comrade,colleague,fellow,partner

这些名词均有“同事,伙伴”之意。 associate普通用词,侧重指在利害关系上密切相关。 companion指陪伴他人的人,即同伴或陪伴。 comrade指具有共同的事业、利益关系相一致的人。 colleague一般用于对同事的正式称呼,基本上专用在职业关系上。 fellow多用复数形式,指一块住、生活或同行共事的人。 partner指事业中处于合伙关系的人,或指婚姻、游戏、跳舞中的另一方。


三、相关短语:


stable companion

同一马厩的马


四、参考例句:


He is my lifetime companion.

他是我一生的伴侣。


Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.

礼貌和美貌是分不开的伴侣。


The companion volume will soon be published.

这卷书的姊妹篇即将问世。


He is becoming a companion to them.

他成为他们的同伴。


He was a charming travelling companion.

他是个讨人喜欢的旅伴。


Are you alone or with a companion?

你单独一人还是与朋友在一起?


His dog became his closest companion.


Are you alone or with a companion?

你单独一人还是与朋友在一起?


She is really a verbose companion,

她真是个唠叨、啰唆的伙伴。


He was my traveling companion for several months.

几个月中他一直是我的旅伴。