General Electric
/ˌdʒenrəl ɪˈlektrɪk/
/ˌdʒenrəl ɪˈlektrɪk/
(abbreviation GE)
- a US company that produces electrical products and aircraft engines, and is involved in many other business activities. It is one of the largest companies in the world and was formed in 1892 when Thomas Edison's company, Edison General Electric, joined with Thomson-Houston Electric. It is the only one of the 12 original companies on the Dow Jones Index that still remains. Ronald Reagan used to present The General Electric Theater on television in the 1950s.
通用电气：一家生产电气产品和飞机发动机的美国公司，并参与许多其他商业活动。它是全球最大的公司之一，成立于1892年，当时托马斯·爱迪生（Thomas Edison）的公司爱迪生通用电气（Edison General Electric）与汤姆森·休斯顿电气公司（Thomson-Houston Electric）合并。它是道琼斯指数上仍然存在的12家原始公司中仅有的一家。罗纳德·里根（Ronald Reagan）曾经在1950年代在电视上展示过通用电气剧院。