firm
英 [f??m]
美[f?m]
- adj. 堅定的；牢固的；嚴格的；結實的
- vt. 使堅定；使牢固
- vi. 變堅實；變穩(wěn)固
- adv. 穩(wěn)固地
- n. 公司；商號
考試真題
- This is hard to achieve when, as is now the case in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- Leah's interest in yoga prompted her to make a firm decision to reshape her life.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- After graduating with a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- She is a firm supporter of pre-K.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how satisfied its residents or their family members are.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- It met with firm opposition from the food industry.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- According to the firm’s vice-president of Marketing and Sales, We benefited from low expectations.
出自-2015年12月聽力原文
- As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how sa
2016年6月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.
2017年6月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- I've got a second interview with that big foreign accountancy firm in the city center.
2017年6月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section B
- While cereal remains a firm favourite among breakfast consumers in the UK and US, a recent investigation into the sugar content of "adult" breakfast cereals found that some cereals contain more than three-quarters of the recommended daily amount of free s
2019年12月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- That is bad news for any firm that may hope that smartwatches can make up ground for maturing smartphone and tablet markets.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- It did not escape notice that a lobbying firm set up by Lynton Crosby, David Cameron's election campaign director, had previously acted for Philip Morris International.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms are painting for us, it seems that consumers are growing more uneasy about handing over the massive amounts of consumer data needed to provide the personalized, customized solutions that companies need to improve their services.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their enthusiasm and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will reward them for high performance.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly-paid human lawyers.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
- What benefit does the woman say their firm can get by sponsoring the Theater Company?
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
- No, I think they are just asking all the firms in tongue for as much money as they think they'll give.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
- Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language.
出自-2010年6月聽力原文
- In an interview last year with The Economist, George Whitesides, chief executive of space-tourism firm virgin Galactic, was placing his company in the latter category.
2015年12月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C
- In reflection, my firm belief in the power of the brand was naive, not to mention a bit snobby.
2018年6月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- That is bad news for any firm that may hope that smart watches can make up ground for maturing smartphone and tablet markets.
2016年12月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- The partnership benefits both sides by allowing unconventional partners for example, two companies from two different industries to work together on a specific aspect of the value chain, like, in this example, an engine firm with an accessory one.
2019年6月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- They did use an invitation-only photo sharing platform so that friends and family, including those far away, could see the photos, but they stood firm, simply refusing to put their child's photos on other social media platforms.
2018年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- As executives with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now well on their way to impressive careers.
2015年高考英語浙江卷 完形填空 原文
- Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.
2017年高考英語全國卷3 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Breaking up firms like Google into five small ones would not stop remaking themselves: in time, one of them would become great again.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- By paying attention to firms' data assets, antitrust regulators could avoid the size trap.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 題設
- Google's idea is popular among data firms.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項
- His friend started a firm in London.
2019年高考英語全國卷2 聽力 原文
- I tried being firm, but it didn't work.
2015年高考英語重慶卷 完形填空 A 原文
- Instead, he says, firms should provide a plain-English version of their terms.
2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- Our generation once joined hands and stood firm at times of national emergency.
2016年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- She had a firm intention within herself to be the best she could be.
2016年高考英語天津卷 完形填空 原文
- She said social media firms were exposing children to major emotional risks, with some youngsters starting secondary school ill-equipped to cope with the tremendous pressure they faced online.
2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- Social media firms would conduct a survey on the kitemark scheme.
2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項
- That's the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like Linkedin gather and use social media data.
2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- The most valuable firms are Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- The shock and anger when a social media firm does something with data that people don't expect, even if users have apparently permission, show that the current situation isn't working.
2016年高考英語上海卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- They now need to take into account the extent of firms' data assets when assessing the impact of deals.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough flexibility to manage their time efficiently.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（10月） 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- When Sandra Day O'Connor finished third in her class at stanford law school, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman.
2016年高考英語全國卷1 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- DNT does not seem an obviously huge selling point for windows 8-though the firm has compared some of its other products favourably with Google's on that count before.
出自-2013年考研閱讀原文
- There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文
- In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms’ efficiency.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文
- Except in the District of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文
- Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms’ political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- The study found that, among prosecuted firms, those with the most comprehensive CSR programmes tended to get more lenient penalties.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- The largest firms in America and Britain together spend more than $15 billion a year on CSR, according to an estimate by EPG, a consulting firm.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- Soon after Sketches by Boz appeared, a publishing firm approached Dickens to write a story in monthly installments, as a backdrop for a series of woodcuts by the ten-famous artist Robert Seymour, who had originated the idea for the story.
出自-2017年考研閱讀原文
- "They're harder to find and they have job offers," says Jay Dunwell, president of Wolverine Coil Spring, a family owned firm.
2017年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship.
2011年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- At its peak in 2007, it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier.
2010年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news breaks, even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred.
2011年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Except in the district of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm.
2014年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Soon after Sketches by Bozappeared, a publishing firm approached Dickens to write a story in monthly installments, as a backdrop for a series of woodcuts by the then-famous artist Robert Seymour, who had originated the idea for the story.
2017年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning—and, as Rakesh Khurana, another professor, points out, increase allegiance to the firm.
2015年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
