company, corporation, firm

steady, firm

• 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(wěn)步的進步。

• 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。

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

1. We must maintain a firm attitude.
   我們必須采取堅定的態(tài)度。
2. Exercise will firm up your muscles.
   鍛煉身體能使肌肉結(jié)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(wěn)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.
   政府必須采取行動使物價穩(wěn)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。

firm

adj.（形容詞）
firm.er,firm.est
Resistant to externally applied pressure.
堅硬的：抵抗外來壓力的
Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue:
健壯的：表明身體的健康狀態(tài)和健康組織的機能：
例句：
firm muscles.
結(jié)實的肌肉

Securely fixed in place:
穩(wěn)固的：
例句：
Despite being hit by the car, the post was still firm.
盡管被車撞了，柱子仍然很穩(wěn)固

Indicating or possessed of determination or resolution:
堅決的：表明或具有決心和意志的：
例句：
a firm voice.
堅決的聲音

Constant; steadfast:
堅定的；不移的：
例句：
a firm ally.
堅定的聯(lián)盟

Not subject to change; fixed and definite:
堅挺的：不易改變的；穩(wěn)定的和確定的：
例句：
a firm bargain; a firm offer.
明確的協(xié)議；固定的出價

Unfluctuating; steady:
不浮動的；穩(wěn)固的：
例句：
Stock prices are still firm.
證券價格仍都很穩(wěn)定

Strong and sure:
強有力的，確信的：
例句：
a firm grasp.
緊緊的一握

v.tr.intr.（及物動詞和不及物動詞）
firmed,firm.ing,firms
To make or become firm.
使穩(wěn)定，使變堅固
adv.（副詞）
firmer,firmest
Without wavering; resolutely:
不動搖地；堅決地：
例句：
stand firm.
堅定地站立

來源：
Middle English ferm
中古英語 ferm
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin firmus * see dher-
源自 拉丁語 firmus *參見 dher-

【引伸】
firm.ly
adv.（副詞）
firm.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>firm,hard,solidThe central meaning shared by these adjectives is .tending not to yield to external pressure, touch, or force.:
這幾個形容詞所共有的中心意思是.不屈服于外界壓力、觸動或力量.：
例句：
a firm mattress;
硬褥子；

例句：
hard as granite;
硬似花崗巖；

例句：
solid ice. soft
堅冰 soft


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firm
firm 2

n.（名詞）
A commercial partnership of two or more persons, especially when unincorporated.
合股：尤指在沒被合并時的兩個或更多人的商業(yè)合伙
The name or designation under which a company transacts business.
商號，商行：在某名稱或名義下公司辦理事務(wù)

來源：
Italian firma
意大利語 firma
from firmare [to ratify by signature]
源自 firmare [簽名證明]
from Medieval Latin firm3re
源自 中世紀拉丁語 firm3re
from Latin [to confirm]
源自 拉丁語 [使確實]
from firmus [firm] * see dher-
源自 firmus [穩(wěn)定的] *參見 dher-

<注釋>In these days of agribusiness,a farm and a firm are probably closer than they have been since the time before the wordsfarm and firm developed from the same Latin word, firm3re, .to strengthen, make fast, confirm, attest,. which is derived from Latinfirmus, the source offirm, meaning .secure.. In Medieval Latinfirm3re came to mean .to ratify by signature,. from which sense eventually came our word firm, first recorded in 574 with the meaning .signature..This wordfirm later added the senses .designation under which a firm transacts business. and .commercial house.. Latinfirm3re by way of Old French also gave us Middle English ferme, the ancestor of our wordfarm.
大農(nóng)場經(jīng)營年代，農(nóng)場和商行也許比在farm 和 firm 從同一拉丁語 firmare， 意為.加強，使牢固，使確定，使證明.發(fā)展來之前聯(lián)系更為緊密， 它是從拉丁詞firmus 派生而來， 即firm 一詞的來源，意為.確定的.。 在中世紀拉丁語中，firmare 開始取意為.用簽名來批準，.從此含義出發(fā)，最終有了我們的 firm 這個詞， 574年它首次被記錄下來，意為.簽名.。Firm 這個詞后來增加了兩個含義，.商行借以辦理事務(wù)的名稱.和.經(jīng)商的房屋。. 拉丁詞firmare 也通過古法語給了我們中世紀英語 ferme 這個詞， 它是我們的單詞farm 的前身