名詞 partnership:

1. the members of a business venture created by contract
2. a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
3. a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses

1. They decided to break up the partnership.
   他們決定終止合作關系。
2. Our partnership dates back to (ie We have been partners since) 1960.
   我們從1960年就合伙了。
3. She worked in partnership with her sister.
   她和妹妹合股經(jīng)營。
4. I enter into partnership with him to do export business.
   我與他合伙做出口生意。

part.ner.ship

n.（名詞）
The state of being a partner.
作為合伙人的狀態(tài)

A legal contract entered into by two or more persons in which each agrees to furnish a part of the capital and labor for a business enterprise, and by which each shares a fixed proportion of profits and losses.
合伙契約：兩個人或多個人簽訂的法律契約，每個人都同意為一個商業(yè)實體出一部分資金和勞力，從而每個人都可分享固定比例的一部分利潤和承擔固定比例的一部分損失
The persons bound by such a contract.
合伙人：受此種契約限制的人
A relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal:
合作關系：個體或團體間為了達到特定的目標而建立的一種互相合作，共同承擔義務的關系：
例句：
Neighborhood groups formed a partnership to fight crime.
鄰近群體聯(lián)合起來與犯罪行為作斗爭