firm

英文造句：

1. We must maintain a firm attitude.
   我們必須採取堅定的態度。
2. Exercise will firm up your muscles.
   鍛鍊身體能使肌肉結實。
3. Parents must be firm with their children.
   父母對孩子一定要嚴格。
4. The pound remained firm against the dollar, but fell against the yen.
   英鎊對美元保持穩定，但對日元則疲軟。
5. He has established his own firm.
   他已建立起自己的公司。
6. The government must act to firm prices up.
   政府必須採取行動使物價穩定下來。
7. The pound stayed firm against dollar in London but fell a little in New York.
   在倫敦英鎊對美元仍堅挺，但在紐約卻跌了一點兒。

　

英文解釋：

名詞 firm:

1. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
   同義詞：house, business firm

動詞 firm:

1. become taut or tauter
   同義詞：tauten
2. make taut or tauter
   同義詞：tauten

形容詞 firm:

1. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
   同義詞：steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering
2. not soft or yielding to pressure
   同義詞：solid
3. strong and sure
   同義詞：strong
4. not subject to revision or change
5. (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
6. not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
   同義詞：steady, unfluctuating
7. securely established
   同義詞：established
8. possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
9. pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed
   同義詞：crisp, crunchy
10. securely fixed in place
    同義詞：fast, immobile
11. unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
    同義詞：loyal, truehearted, fast

副詞 firm:

1. with resolute determination
   同義詞：firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly

 

詞型變化：

名詞:firmness 副詞:firmly 形容詞比較級:firmer 最高級:firmest 副詞比較級:firmer 最高級:firmest 動詞過去式:firmed 過去分詞:firmed 現在分詞:firming 第三人稱單數:firms 　

詞意辨析：

company, corporation, firm

這些名詞均可表示“公司”之意。
company: 多指生產或銷售產品的公司、商號，也可指經辦服務性項目的公司。
corporation: 多指一個人擁有或多人聯辦的大公司，也指在其它地區或國家擁有分公司的公司。
firm: 含義廣泛，可指公司、商行或商號。規模可大可小，經營、管理的人員可多可少。

steady, firm

這一對形容詞意思很接近。
steady: 則意為“穩固的”，“紮實的”，強調保持平衡不動搖，如指有形物，則指根基的穩固；也可用於指運動中的平穩。

• It is hard to hold a steady position on the beam.
  在平衡木上保持平衡是很困難的。
• He is making steady progress.
  他正取得穩步的進步。

firm: 常譯為“堅固的”，“堅決的”，表示具體的事物地位牢固不易動搖；也可表示意志、信仰的“堅定”。

• We must stop people walking on this floor until it is firm.
  我們一定不能讓人在這地板上走動，要等地板牢固了才行。
• Our friendship is as firm as a rock.
  我們的友誼堅如磐石。