shell company
shell company — 名詞
1. a business that exists only on paper, with no real office, staff, or trade, set
空殼公司
無實際業務，用於隱藏真實擁有者身分的公司
a business that exists only on paper, with no real office, staff, or trade, set up to keep the true owner's identity hidden — often for moving money or avoiding taxes
The businessman set up a shell company in Panama to avoid paying tax.
該商人在巴拿馬設立了一家空殼公司以避稅。
set up a shell company in [place]
The offshore villa was registered under a shell company in the Cayman Islands.
那座海外別墅登記在開曼群島一家空殼公司名下。
passive: be registered under a shell company
A corrupt official used a shell company to hide money from government investigators.
一名貪腐官員利用空殼公司向政府調查人員隱瞞資金。
use a shell company to hide [noun]
Journalists traced the suspicious payments back to a shell company in Luxembourg.
記者追查可疑款項，發現源頭是盧森堡的一家空殼公司。
trace [sth] back to a shell company
It took investigators three years to discover who owned the shell company.
調查人員花了三年才查清那家空殼公司的真正擁有者。
discover who owned the shell company
- set up a shell company
- registered under a shell company
- owned through a shell company
- use a shell company to hide assets
- paper company
informal; identical in meaning but more casual
- front company
implies illegal or deceptive activity more strongly than shell company
- dummy corporation
slightly dated, more common in legal documents
- operating company
a company with actual business activities, staff, and assets
文法句型
set up + a shell company
registered under + a shell company
owned through + a shell company
用法筆記
Refers only to companies with no real business activity — not just any small or inactive business. Common in discussions of tax havens and financial crime. The company itself has no employees, physical office, or genuine operations.
常見錯誤
同根字
- shell corporation名詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- shell company registration
- shell company owner
常用片語
- set up a shell company
- registered as a shell company
介系詞搭配
- through a shell company
- under a shell company
- behind a shell company