| 单词 | partner |
| 释义 | partner (pɑːʳtnəʳ ) Word forms: partners , partnering , partnered 1. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] B1 Your partner is the person you are married to or are having a romantic or sexual relationship with. Wanting other friends doesn't mean you don't love your partner. ...his choice of marriage partner. Synonyms: spouse, squeeze [informal], consort, bedfellow 2. countable noun A2 Your partner is the person you are doing something with, for example dancing with or playing with in a game against two other people. ...to dance with a partner. My partner for the event was the marvellous American player. ...a partner in crime. 3. countable noun B2 The partners in a firm or business are the people who share the ownership of it. [business] He's a partner in a Chicago law firm. [+ in] ...her business partner Max Hampshire. Synonyms: associate, colleague, collaborator, copartner 4. countable noun B2 The partner of a country or organization is another country or organization with which they work or do business. Spain has been one of the country's major trading partners. The party will have to find a coalition partner in order to form a government. 5. verb If you partner someone, you are their partner in a game or in a dance. He had partnered the famous Russian ballerina. [VERB noun] He will be partnered by the defending champion. [be V-ed + by/with] She partnered him to a 6-1 first-set success. [VERB noun + to] Collocations: business partner When Eric and his business partner proposed they resurrect the old band and tour it abroad, the musicians were sceptical. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Paddy has second thoughts about making Vanessa a business partner. The Sun (2013) Make sure you draw up an agreement with your remaining business partner. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The tough approach was backed by his coalition partners. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A government spokesman said that the President had rejected the idea after consulting his coalition partners. Times, Sunday Times (2007) She is expected to name her preferred coalition partner as early as this weekend. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But she's a full partner and she and Mr Chambers set up the business together. SOMEBODY (2002) He was a full partner in a middle-sized firm of lawyers who had a general kind of practice. FOOLS GOLD (2001) Government, private business and charities should be full partners in a modern economy. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The joint-venture partner could then be allowed to buy out the facility in the future. Times, Sunday Times It will evaluate the various options for financing the development of the project, including seeking a joint-venture partner. Times, Sunday Times He said that closing the business, which has 199 stores, was among the options under consideration, as was finding a joint-venture partner. Times, Sunday Times The two companies are already joint-venture partners in the development of technology that produces ethanol from biomass such as woodchips rather than food crops. Times, Sunday Times The nature of its operations means that the company has to co-operate with thousands of joint-venture partners, suppliers and sub-contractors. Times, Sunday Times Long-term partners know the relationship has further to go. The Sun (2013) You cannot expect to meet another long-term partner just like that. The Sun (2014) She has a long-term partner she lives with. The Sun (2011) The managing partner said that law firms picked up both expanding and contracting trends in six to eight weeks after banks. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The firm where I was managing partner gave up providing a criminal legal aid service. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Hugh was re-elected as managing partner. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Our story that the chief executive of the partner company offering the service was in the past a co-director with a convicted fraudster will surprise many. Times, Sunday Times Teams must receive a bid from a partner company to attend. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The province used a request for proposals to find a partner company to implement the pilot project. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It holds accounts for oil and gas ownership for the hydrocarbons based on the production field equity share of every single partner company. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its products are distributed through affiliate companies, partner companies and distributors, strategically located around the world to ensure representation in over 50 countries. Times, Sunday Times In the latter part of the 1960s the school started its search for a new partner institution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Students are permitted to use some of their initial credits toward the completion of another program at the partner institution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The workgroup was composed of public relations officers, enrollment managers, continuing education staff and/or student affairs representatives from each partner institution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Classes in the off-campus at the master's level programs are held on weekends in the host or partner institution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the end of year two, members agreed that each partner institution would be represented with one vote, and the partnership would be considered an alliance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The app presents users with endless pictures of potential partners. Times, Sunday Times (2015) What meal would you make to impress a potential partner? The Sun (2013) Seeing how a potential partner treats his or her family will help you to make good love choices. The Sun (2013) And you don't mind if your principal partner has other partners? Times, Sunday Times It has been the charity's principal partner since 2010, backing a national cricket day and annual achievement awards, as well as encouraging its employees to volunteer for the charity. Times, Sunday Times He also started dabbling in business opportunities by running a private security firm from the watchhouse, with his wife as principal partner, and employing up to 70 people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Principal partners can get 18-carat white gold, diamond-encrusted cufflinks worth about £1,200. Times,Sunday Times Investors back people, not products, so present yourself as a reliable partner. Times, Sunday Times Someone who flirts outrageously could be the reliable partner who'll add so much to your life. The Sun But the reliable partner you have chosen has a wild and wonderful side. The Sun Decide if you want a strong relationship with a reliable partner or the thrill and drama of a romantic liaison. The Sun I really don't see him as reliable partner material. The Sun Maybe the disappointed suitor will seek another dance partner. Times, Sunday Times (2009) They will have to seek coalition partners and to reassure international investors if they are to meet the expectations of their people. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Likewise, increasing numbers of people now seek a partner via internet dating sites. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The paper examined whether alcohol makes your potential sexual partner appear more attractive. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Transmission can be stopped by the practice of abstinence or reduced by limiting the number of sexual partners. An Introduction to Community Health (1995) Demographic changes mean that people have more sexual partners than they used to. Times, Sunday Times (2006) She typically invests for five to seven years and works as a strategic partner alongside the board. Times, Sunday Times Though on listening to it again he may have said 'ally and strategic partner'. Times, Sunday Times However, the precise nature of the role of the strategic partner has yet to be approved. Times, Sunday Times Instead, he said, the company was seeking a strategic partner and would try to return to the credit markets next year. Times, Sunday Times This will not go unnoticed by new potential trade partners. Times,Sunday Times The world's second-largest economy faces headwinds from regional competition and 'friction' with trade partners. Times, Sunday Times As the eurozone accelerates into a new gear, those outside could play a positive role as friendly trade partners. Times, Sunday Times Forget it - they are our trade partners. The Sun Along with the base margin the trade partners also get additional schemes/incentives which keep on varying from time to time and product to product. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And when the female ovulates again, she needn’t look far for a willing partner. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With industry a willing partner, wartime programmes forged new research protocols that led to ground-breaking advances in science, technology, medicine and communications. Times,Sunday Times I am a decade younger, athletic and have always been a willing partner in his creative ideas on the farm. Times,Sunday Times Yet those who backed him at big odds to reel in the leaders have not enjoyed a willing partner. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 合伙人, 与…搭挡, 合伙人 Japanese: 相手, パートナーとなる, 出資者 |
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