partnership

名词 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.
   他们决定终止合作关系。
2. Our partnership dates back to (ie We have been partners since) 1960.
   我们从1960年就合伙了。
3. She worked in partnership with her sister.
   她和妹妹合股经营。
4. I enter into partnership with him to do export business.
   我与他合伙做出口生意。

part.ner.ship

n.（名词）
The state of being a partner.
作为合伙人的状态

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.
合伙契约：两个人或多个人签订的法律契约，每个人都同意为一个商业实体出一部分资金和劳力，从而每个人都可分享固定比例的一部分利润和承担固定比例的一部分损失
The persons bound by such a contract.
合伙人：受此种契约限制的人
A relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal:
合作关系：个体或团体间为了达到特定的目标而建立的一种互相合作，共同承担义务的关系：
例句：
Neighborhood groups formed a partnership to fight crime.
邻近群体联合起来与犯罪行为作斗争