| 词汇 | company-town |
| 释义 | company town noun[ C ] USuk /ˈkʌm.pə.ni ˌtaʊn/ us /ˈkʌm.pə.ni ˌtaʊn/ a city or town in which most of the workers are employed by a single organization公司城镇（大部分居民受雇于同一家公司的城镇） Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general) aerotropolis anti-city anti-urban boom town Brummie burgher Cantabrigian central city civic conurbation metropolitan metropolitan elite multi-city municipal native place non-municipal open city small-town smoke urbanite You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Business - general words Examples of company towncompany town Corby was a companytown until about 20 years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The site is historically significant due to its role as a companytown for shipyards during the first half of the twentieth century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Newman remained a closed companytown until 1981. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Buxton was a classic companytown; it was unincorporated, and the company was the sole landlord. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Anson's companytown had a hospital, a school, and a company hotel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cowell was a companytown for a cement company. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Tahsis remained a companytown until it was incorporated as a municipality in 1970. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The rise of the mass-consumer culture, the decentralization of industrial production, and other factors which also contributed to the demise of the companytown during the 1930s, deserves fuller consideration. I do not believe in the companytown structure in which the employer owns everything— the place of employment, trading facilities and houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was the original companytown, where the coal owners built and owned everything—including, for a time, the miners themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My area has bitter experience of a companytown—it is a town dominated by one employer, with the community having to dance to his tune. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Earlier, the rather horrific label of a "companytown" was bandied about, but it is absolutely meaningless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We argued the case of the companytown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not difficult, therefore, to envisage the impact of the changes on that small, tightly-knit community, which is virtually a companytown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a special problem when owner-occupiers live in a companytown and the company, in this case a coal mine, ceases to need their services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of company town These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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