词汇精选：companion的用法和辨析

词汇精选：companion的用法和辨析

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?
这是我的左手手套，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.
他是一个讨人喜欢的旅伴。

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,
她真是一个唠叨、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。