corporation
noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] uk/ˌkɔː.pərˈeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌkɔːr.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
(BUSINESS)
B2 (written abbreviation Corp.)大公司;集团公司
a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization
a multinational corporation 跨国公司
the British Broadcasting Corporation 英国广播公司
She didn't want to work for a big corporation where everything was so impersonal. 她不想在大公司工作，那儿一点人情味儿都没有。
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- The film peeks behind the scenes of a multinational corporation.
- I hated working for a large corporation.
(LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
mainly UK市政当局，地方当局
the organization in a particular town or city that is responsible for services such as cleaning roads
a municipal corporation 市政当局