connected with a company or a group, or with business in general 公司的；企业的◆His corporate clients include 3M and Nabisco. 他的公司客户包括 3M 和纳比斯科。◆Corporate profits have grown less than analysts expected. 企业利润的增长低於分析家的预测。◆The big hotels are suffering from cutbacks in corporate travel. 大型酒店因外地公干开支被企业削减而受损失。
(oftenCorporate) corporate America, Britain, etc.used especially in newspapers to talk about the people and organizations that control a country's business 大型的美国公司、英国公司等（报刊用语，尤指控制一国商业的人和公司）◆The stock market continues to suffer as corporate America struggles to make a profit. 股市因大型美国公司艰苦经营而继续不景气。
involving or shared by all the members of a group 社团的；共同的；全体的◆The success of the project wasn't due to one person—it was a corporate effort. 这项目的成功不是因为某个人，而是大家共同努力的结果。