firm

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /fɜːm/    美 /fɜːm/|/fɜɹm/|[fɚm]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A business partnership; the name under which it trades. UK
  2. A business enterprise, however organized.
    — Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.
  3. A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism. slang
动词 v.
  1. To make firm or strong; fix securely. transitive
    — Stolz said the move by ClubsNSW had only firmed his resolve to keep fighting for the right to disclose information in the public interest about money laundering in registered clubs.
  2. To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify. transitive
  3. To become firm; stabilise. intransitive
  4. To improve after decline. intransitive
  5. To shorten (of betting odds). Australia,intransitive
  6. To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant. colloquial,transitive
    — I know you aren't feeling well, but just firm it.
  7. To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer. UK,slang,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
    — It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
  2. Fixed (in opinion).
    — a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent
  3. Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
    — He wanted to stay overnight, but I was firm with him and said he had to leave today.
  4. Durable, rigid (material state).
    — firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)
  5. Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
    — […] The life that almost dies in me: That dies not, but endures with pain, ⁠And slowly forms the firmer mind, ⁠Treasuring the look it cannot find, The words that are not heard again.
  6. Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
    — Although facilitators of the workshop for lesbians and bisexual women attempted to address the concerns of lesbians, little firm information emerged.
副词 adv.
  1. firmly, steadily archaic

词形变化

firms plural firmer comparative firmest superlative more firm comparative most firm superlative firms present,singular,third-person firming participle,present firmed participle,past firmed past

词汇关系

近义词
decided
衍生词
firmless firmographics firmwide hooligan firm interfirm investment firm law firm levered firm long firm megafirm multifirm neglected firm effect n-firm concentration ratio small firm effect superfirm The Firm white-shoe firm firm error firm hand firm hand at the tiller firm hand on the tiller firmish firm line firm link firmly firmness firm power firm up firmware hold firm semifirm stand firm unfirm firming agent

词源

词源 1
From Italian firma (“signature”), from firmare (“to sign”), from Latin firmāre (“to make firm, to confirm (by signature)”), from firmus (“firm, stable”). The contemporary sense developed in the 18th century simultaneously with German Firma (“business, name of business”). There are conflicting statements in the literature as to which of the two languages influenced which. Doublet of dharma and dhamma. Other cognates include Russian держать (deržatʹ, “to hold”).
词源 2
From Middle English ferme, from Old French ferme, from Latin firmus (“strong, steady”). Doublet of dharma.
词源 3
From Middle English fermen (“to make firm”), partly from (either through Old French fermer or directly) Latin firmō, from firmus (“firm”, adjective), and partly a new formation on the adjective.
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