单词详解 | subsidiary

subsidiary
音标
美音:/səbˈsɪdieri/,英音:/səbˈsɪdiəri/

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
The US Treasury alleges that M Invest and a subsidiary group, Meroe Gold, are fronts for the activities of the Wagner Group in Sudan, Africa’s third-biggest gold producer.
美国财政部称,M Invest 及其子公司 Meroe Gold 是瓦格纳集团在非洲第三大黄金生产国苏丹开展活动的掩护。
BBC

The order applies to the businesses as well as their subsidiaries.
该命令适用于企业及其子公司。
BBC

But that changed last year when the bee moved to Ion, a Scripps subsidiary, in the hopes of finding viewers beyond paid TV subscribers.
但去年情况发生了变化,因为蜜蜂搬到了 Scripps 的子公司 Ion,希望在付费电视用户之外找到观众。
New York Times

基本释意
adjective
functioning in a supporting capacity
n. 子公司,附属公司;辅助者

同义词
auxiliary,supplemental,supplementary,foot soldier,subordinate,underling,subsidiary company

短释义
The adjective form of subsidiary describes something that is of secondary importance or that functions in a supporting capacity. In addition to running the band program, you’re a member of several subsidiary committees like the fund raising committee and the hospitality committee. Traffic on the road was light when you drove outside the city, but as more subsidiary roads joined with the main one, traffic quickly became congested.
如果一家公司属于另一家公司,那么拥有的公司就是子公司。当一家大公司收购了你的小企业时,你就成了子公司。称他们为母公司仍然很伤人,因为你出版小说而他们生产卫生纸。

长释义
The adjective form of subsidiary describes something that is of secondary importance or that functions in a supporting capacity. In addition to running the band program, you’re a member of several subsidiary committees like the fund raising committee and the hospitality committee. Traffic on the road was light when you drove outside the city, but as more subsidiary roads joined with the main one, traffic quickly became congested.
subsidiary 的形容词形式描述的是次要的或起支持作用的东西。除了运行乐队计划之外,您还是几个附属委员会的成员,例如筹款委员会和招待委员会。开到城外,路上的车流还算清淡,但随着主干道的支路越来越多,车流很快就拥堵起来。

文学例句
Still, many in the audience sensed that Mr. Simons got a raw deal from Sander’s Japanese owner, Onward Holdings, and its Italian subsidiary, Gibo.
尽管如此,许多听众还是感觉到西蒙斯先生从 Sander 的日本所有者 Onward Holdings 及其意大利子公司 Gibo 那里得到了一笔不公平的交易。
News Analysis: Why Was the Designer Raf Simons Dismissed? by CATHY HORYN

She began going through some of the subsidiary puzzles, one by one.
她开始一个接一个地解开一些附属的谜题。
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

A pause, then the answer sounded to both men, “Boss? Where are you? My third subsidiary has had his chest blown in. He’s out of commission.”
顿了顿,两个男人的回答响起:“老大?你在哪里?我的第三个子公司的胸膛被炸毁了。他退役了。”
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

词源
subsidiary (adj.)1540s, from Latin subsidiarius “belonging to a reserve, of a reserve, reserved; serving to assist or supplement,” from subsidium “a help, aid, relief, troops in reserve” (see subsidy). As a noun, c. 1600, “subsidiary thing.” In Latin the word was used as a noun meaning “the reserve.”Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
subsidiary (adj.)1540s,来自拉丁语 subsidiarius “属于预备队、预备队、预备队;服务于协助或补充”,来自 subsidium “帮助、援助、救济、预备役部队”(见补贴)。作为名词,c。 1600,“附属物”。在拉丁语中,这个词被用作名词,意思是“储备”。相关条目及更多


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