firm
美 [fɜrm] 
英 [fɜː(r)m]
- n.公司；企业；事务所；商行
- adj.坚固的；稳固的；坚决的；【商业】固定的(货币)坚挺的
- adv.稳固地
- v.使(变)坚实
- 网络坚定；商号；坚定的
词形变化
复数：firms 比较级：firmer 最高级：firmest 过去分词：firmed 现在分词：firming 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 商行；商号；公司a business or company |
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| a firm of accountants 会计事务所 |
1. | 坚固的；坚硬的；结实的fairly hard; not easy to press into a different shape |
| a firm bed/mattress 结实的床╱床垫 |
| These peaches are still firm. 这些桃子还很硬。 |
| Bake the cakes until they are firm to the touch. 把糕饼烤到摸起来有硬感为止。 |
2. | 坚定的；确定的；坚决的not likely to change |
| a firm believer in socialism 坚定信仰社会主义的人 |
| a firm agreement/date/decision/offer/promise 巩固的协议；确定的日期；不能更改的决定；实盘；坚决的保证 |
| firm beliefs/conclusions/convictions/principles 坚定不移的信仰；定论；坚定的信念╱原则 |
| She is a firm favourite with the children. 孩子们着实喜欢她。 |
| We have no firm evidence to support the case. 我们没有确凿的证据支持这个论点。 |
| They remained firm friends . 他们依然友情甚笃。 |
3. | 牢固的；稳固的strongly fixed in place |
| Stand the fish tank on a firm base. 把鱼缸放在牢固的基座上。 |
| No building can stand without firm foundations, and neither can a marriage. 没有稳固的基础，建筑就不牢靠，婚姻也是如此。 |
4. | 强有力的；坚决的strong and steady |
| ‘No,’ she repeated, her voice firmer this time. “不。”她重复说，这次语气较前坚决。 |
| With a firm grip on my hand, he pulled me away. 他紧握我的手把我拉开。 |
| Her handshake was cool and firm. 她握手镇定而有力。 |
5. | 牢牢控制的；严格的；掌握的strong and in control |
| to exercise firm control/discipline/leadership 实施严格的控制╱纪律╱领导 |
| Parents must be firm with their children. 父母必须对子女严格。 |
| The company now has a firm footing in the marketplace. 现在这家公司在市场上已站稳了脚跟。 |
| This book will give your students a firm grasp of English grammar. 这本书将使学生牢固地掌握英语语法。 |
| We need to keep a firm grip on the situation. 我们需要牢牢地掌握局面。 |
6. | [ubn] ~ (against sth) 坚挺的not lower than another |
| The euro remained firm against the dollar, but fell against the yen. 欧元对美元依然坚挺，但对日元的汇率则下跌。 |
1. | [t] ~ sth 使强壮；使坚固；使坚实to make sth become stronger or harder |
| Firm the soil around the plant. 把植物周围的土弄紧实。 |
| This product claims to firm your body in six weeks. 这个产品据称能在六周内使身体强壮。 |
2. | [i] ~ (to/at…) 坚挺；稳步上涨to become steady or rise steadily |
| Rank's shares firmed 3p to 696p. 兰克公司的股票涨了 3 便士，升至 696 便士。 |
习惯用语
be on firm ground
（在辩论等中）立场坚定，对事实确信无疑to be in a strong position in an argument, etc. because you know the facts
| Everyone agreed with me, so I knew I was on firm ground. 每个人都同意我的意见，所以我知道自己立场稳固了。 |
a firm hand
牢固控制；严格纪律；铁腕strong control or discipline
| Those children need a firm hand to make them behave. 那些孩子得严加管教。 |
take a firm line/stand (on/against sth)
（对…）采取坚定的立场（或态度）to make your beliefs known and to try to make others follow them
| We need to take a firm line on tobacco advertising. 我们需要对烟草广告采取强硬的态度。 |
| They took a firm stand against drugs in the school. 他们坚决反对校园吸毒现象。 |
hold firm (to sth)
坚信；坚持to believe sth strongly and not change your mind
| She held firm to her principles. 她坚持自己的原则。 |
stand fast/firm
坚定不移；不让步；坚持自己的观点to refuse to move back; to refuse to change your opinions
英汉解释
n. | |
adj. | 3. 【商业】固定的(货币)坚挺的,稳定的;(金融等)紧缩的 |
adv. | |
v. | |
英英解释
例句
He tried to expand the firm quickly , but his staff did not have enough experience. Production got out of hand and he went bankrupt.
他努力迅速扩大他的公司，但是他的职工们没有足够的经验。生产难以控制，结果他破产了。
A closer look, drawing on the long-haired girl is fluttering, his eyes look very small but firm, faint with a little sad.
细看，画上的女孩是长发飘飘，眼睛不大但目光很坚定，隐隐带一点忧愁。
Mr. Madoff's brother and niece held positions at the firm as of this month, and his wife earlier did.
截至本月，马多夫的兄弟和侄女还担任着该公司的职务，此前他的妻子也在公司中任职。
The growing gloom spurred some of Bear Stearns's trading partners to try to get out of transactions with the firm.
持续增长的悲观情绪刺激某些交易伙伴试图终止与贝尔斯登的交易。
At the bottom of the firm's pecking order, he had no say whatever in the matter.
他是公司最低层的员工，在这件事情上完全没有发言权。
The consensus was that CIT's failure alone was not likely to bring down any other firm.
分析人事达成了一致共识，他CIT一家的倒闭将不会带垮其的公司。
Mr Trott's firm will maintain a close relationship with Goldman, said people close to the matter.
知情人士表示，特洛特的公司将与高盛保持密切往来。
On the contrary, she says, people began to respect her for her individuality and firm rooting in her faith.
人们反而更加尊重她，因为她有自己的个性及坚定的信仰。
Clark, who has sold more than 100 of the bags and is now looking for a production firm to help her keep up with orders.
克拉克说。她已经卖出100个这样的保护巾，现在正在找一家代工厂帮她应付订单。
It took a lot of concentration for a corpse to run any sort of machine. So the handler was having it keep a firm eye on the engine.
用僵尸操纵机械非常消耗集中力，所以赶尸人让它一直盯着引擎不动。
The boss of an oil firm with a Chinese partner says that "its motivation is not to take control" and that the relationship is harmonious.
一个拥有中国合资伙伴的石油公司老板说，“中国企业的动机不是要掌控”，而且他们的关系很和谐。
He gave the example of a recent attempt to buy his company's pumps through a Chinese engineering firm.
他给出了最近伊朗通过中国的工程公司购买离心机的例子。
It was after his first year, in 1989, that he took a summer job at a prominent law firm now called Sidley Austin.
在哈佛的第一年结束后，也就是1989年，他在一家著名的律师事务所——现在叫做SidleyAustin律师事务所——得到了一份暑期工作。
None of those fishy little finger grips, but a good firm squeeze accompanied by an equally strong gaze into the other's eyes.
这可不是指那种冷冰冰的手指相握，而是一种非常坚定有力的紧握，同时同样坚定有力地注视对方的眼睛。
"It was a bit of a point of last resort, " says Clare Murray of CM Murray, an employment law boutique firm, for example.
例如，CMMurray的克莱尔•默里（ClareMurray）表示：“那有点像可以求助的最后一招。”CMMurray是专门从事就业法的律师事务所。
One group is now in Hanoi, working on an agreement to help the North Vietnamese set up a shipping firm, textile plant and garment factory.
现在一拨儿人在河内，根据协议帮助北越建设一个船运公司、纺织厂和成衣厂。
Mr Woodford suggests that his offence was to ask questions about large payments to a firm in the Cayman Islands.
伍德福德认为其被辞退原因是对公司支付大额款项给一家位于开曼群岛的公司提出质疑；
A spokesman for MF Global said the firm is cooperating with regulators and the bankruptcy trustee trying to find the missing money.
曼氏发言人说，公司正在配合监管机构和破产受托机构，试图找到丢失的资金。
Flamand is setting up his own hedge fund and a Goldman Sachs executive in London said last month that the firm supports Flamand's plan.
费拉蒙正在建立自己的对冲基金和高盛在伦敦的执行上月表示，该公司支持弗拉芒，星光大道的计划。
The utility model has the advantages of practicality, beauty and firm structure; the display board is not easy to deform in carrying loads.
本实用新型美观实用，结构牢固，展板承受重物时不易变形。
I've forgotten what the firm he works for is called.
我已经忘记他所在公司的名称。
A relatively firm material can be anticipated.
可以预见这是一种稳固的材料。
This time I intend to be firm.
这次我得坚决一些。
All of the branches of the firm should be synchronized and cooperated.
公司各部门应该协调合作。
The firm is too small to contend against [with] large international companies.
这家公司太小，无法与国际性的大公司抗争。
An antitrust judgment in 1954 forced the firm to release its stranglehold on the shoe machinery market.
1954年一项反托拉斯裁决迫使这家公司放弃在制鞋机械市场的垄断地位。
The firm put one hundred and eight thousand dollars into this project.
公司往这一计划投入了10.8万美元。
Does the firm intend to follow through with this idea?
公司是否打算彻底完成这个计划？
His forehead and his lips are firm, and his eye is steady.
他的前额和嘴巴很刚毅，眼睛沉着。
The firm has excellent customer relations.
此公司与客户关系极好。
For such a step to be firm, one would have to understand the basic concepts of mechanics and their mathematical expressions.
为使这一步坚实，必须理解力学的基本概念，以及它们的数学表达形式。
He stood erect and firm, with self-respect in his attitude, and a look of determination on his face.
他挺直了身子站在那里，他的态度上显出一种自尊心，脸上的神情也非常坚决。
By his struggles, he jammed himself so firm that he was unable to draw his body back again.
因用力过猛，身子给铁条紧紧地卡住，再也缩不回去。
When she made remarks to this edifying effect, she had a firm little frown on her brow.
每逢她谈到这些发人深省的话，眉头便不由得皱了起来。
Our shop has made [entered into] a contract with a clothing firm to buy 100 coats a week.
我店已与服装公司订立了每周购进100件上装的合同。
Once more the demonstrators surged forward; again the police held firm.
示威者又向前冲了一次，警察又坚定地挡住了一次。
In early November, the drug firm's director of research collapsed over a microscope and died of a massive cerebral haemorrhage.
11月初，该医药公司的研究部主任突然在显微镜前倒了下去，由于严重脑溢血而死亡。
The attempt to expand the business was a catastrophe for the firm.
扩展业务的尝试使这家公司陷入困境。
He gave a concise and firm summary of our position.
他扼要而坚定地阐述了我方的立场。
It was close to one in the morning before we came to any firm decision.
快到午夜1点的时候，我们才作出了坚定的决定。
Even under such a test as this his loyalty to his friend stood firm.
即使在这样严峻的考验面前，他对朋友的忠贞也毫不动摇。
The enemy attacked fiercely, but our men stood firm.
敌人猛攻，但我们的战士屹然不动。
As the organization evolved, so, it seems, did the founder prepare the firm for his succession.
随着组织的不断发展，这位创始人似乎在为他的继任作准备。
If the file were stolen and got into the hands of an unscrupulous rival firm, the designs could easily be copied.
如果档案被窃，一旦落到那些不择手段的竞争者手中，设计图纸极易被人复制。
The young man is getting above himself. He's only been this firm two weeks and he's already telling his seniors to their work.
这个年轻人很自傲，他才进这家公司两周就开始告诉那些年龄大的人该干什么工作了。
The name was changed to avoid confusion with another firm.
改名是为了避免和另一家公司混淆。
He had a round face, marked by smallpox, a firm chin, incurving lips, white teeth.
他脸是圆的，有痘瘢，下巴笔直，嘴唇没有一点儿曲线，牙齿雪白。
She was articled to a firm of solicitors.
她与律师事务所签了约当见习律师。
The note was written on a rather untidy halfsheet, without date or address, but her hand was firm and free.
这些话写在一张很不整洁的半页纸上，既无日期也无地址，不过字迹却苍劲有力，自由奔放。
The firm discovered that underselling actually boosted its business.
公司发现有节制的推销实际上使其业务蒸蒸日上。
Yes, i think we could bring the date forward by a week or so. But i'd have to check with headquarters before i can give you a firm promise.
是的。我想我们可以将日期推迟两个星期左右。但我要向总部请示后才能给你一个正式答复。
Instead, he said, the firm's profitability comes from 'a view and idea on the markets. '
他说，与此相反，公司的盈利能力是来自对市场的洞见。
A man was shocked to discover that his firm had deducted 45 yuan from his salary for a box of 300 yuan mooncakes it had given him.
一位男士吃惊地发现公司从发给自己的一盒价值300元的月饼里面扣了税，导致他的薪水被扣45元。
He took over the firm in 1989, and promptly started expanding. Sales went through the roof, with store openings all over the country.
他与1989年接管公司，并迅速开始扩张，不仅销售额剧增，店铺也遍布国内。
While a management firm's business development people may welcome researchers, the managers themselves do not always see the benefits.
虽然基金管理公司的业务发展人员可能会对调查人员表示欢迎，但基金经理自身却并不总是能看到好处。
A preliminary due diligence needs to be completed, to ensure the business has no major problems, before you make a firm offer.
在你做一个决策之前，初期调查的准备工作需要及时完成以保证生意没有大的问题。
Matthew Turner, Sky's head of digital marketing, expects half the firm's online budget to go on real-time bidding within two or three years.
天空广播公司数字销售部门主管马修·特纳（MatthewTurner）预计在未来的两到三年内，该公司一半的网络成本会花在实时竞价上。
He said he was one of his firm's youngest brokers.
他说他是公司里最年轻的经济之一。
Most andesites come in grayish black and are pretty good stone materials with fine and firm texture being not easy to be effloresced.
安山岩多为灰黑色，质地细密，坚硬不易风化，是非常优良的石材。
This will help convince the bank that your firm will generate the cash flow necessary to repay the business loan.
这样做可以使银行信服，你的公司会赚取一定的现金来偿还商业贷款。
The firm was killing it, which is to say there was more money than you could shake a stick at.
公司成为大赢家，也就是说，赚到的钱连点石成金的魔术棒都比不上。
Setting budget exchange rates is often linked to the firm's sensitivities and benchmarking priorities.
设定预算汇率往往与企业的敏感性和基准的优先权相关联。
When he founded the firm he said he wanted to put "a computer on every desk and in every home. "
当他成立公司的时候，他希望“每张办公桌、每个家庭都有一台计算机。”
Is the doctrine thinking that separation approaches , self can be magnanimous right away had a firm grasp of being able to hold what?
当分离来临，自己就可以大度的说拿得起放得下吗？
According to Capital Economics, a research firm in London, however, the next trouble spot could be Venezuela.
据伦敦的资本经济公司所分析，下一个动荡地区会是委内瑞拉。
He made a good living, had been promoted several times and worked for a respected firm.
他在一家享有声誉的公司里工作，多次得到晋升，收入颇丰。
That deal exposed the kind of faulty logic that allows a money-losing internet firm to get the better of a profitable media giant.
这场并购传播了错误的逻辑，即让亏钱的网络公司胜过了赚钱的媒体巨头。
Even so, there was still a firm expectation in London as Sunday dawned that something would be done to save Lehman.
即便如此，在周日黄昏降临的时候，伦敦方面仍在坚定地期待着有什么方案会挽救雷曼。
Paul Golby, E. ON's chief executive, has admitted the firm would not build Kingsnorth if it did not win the competition.
易昂首席执行官鲍尔·格尔贝承认，如果金斯诺斯项目没有在竞赛中获胜的话公司不会建造。
Bower modelled the consultancy on the lines of a professional law firm, establishing a set of values by which it was to be guided.
鲍尔将一家专业律师事务所的方针模仿应用到咨询行业，建立了指导麦肯锡工作的一套价值体系。
The firm has a cosy relationship with the Ministry of Defence.
这家公司与国防部关系默契。
The firm will soon pull round once the trade position improves.
一旦生意状况有所好转，这家公司很快就会转危为安。
You must not discriminate between people employed in the same firm.
你对待同一公司的雇员不可厚此薄彼。
The firm collapsed amid allegations of fraud.
该公司在一片欺诈的指责声中倒闭了。
I assure you your marriage will be as firm here as in the church.
我可以向你担保你在这里结婚也同在教堂一样有效。
The sale section will hive off to form an independent firm next year.
销售部明年将分出去成立一个独立的公司。
Paying its debts defunded the firm's operating budget.
还债耗尽了该公司的营业收支预算。
We lost to a larger firm.
我们输给了一家较大的公司。
These are clues to the firm's ability to pay dividends and subsequent dividend policy.
这些是有关企业支付股利的能力及嗣后的股利政策的线索。
The ma-chine helps to firm the ground up.
这台机器能把地面打坚实。
