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Just as peer-to-peer businesses like eBay allow anyone to become a retailer, sharing sites let individuals act as an ad hoc ( 临时的) taxi service, car-hire firm or boutique hotel (精品酒店) as and when it suits them.
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H) Existing rental businesses are getting involved too
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The danger is that although some rules need to be updated to protect consumers from harm, existing rental businesses will try to destroy competition
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Large companies have a difficult time switching into new markets because there is a temptation to put existing assets into the new businesses.
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Some businesses will benefit but the vast bulk of the savings will be captured by workers, not their employers
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In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, careful of debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want.
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businesses and governments are already dealing with the impact this increase will have on everything from food and water to infrastructure (基础设施) and jobs.
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They are owned by individuals and by private businesses and corporations, lending institutions, direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and government agencies at the local, state, and federal level.
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A number of companies have sprung up—GamEffective, Bunchball and Badgeville, to name a few—in recent years offering gamification platforms for businesses.
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Changing building codes, evolving tastes, and the high cost of maintaining those wonderful old signs have businesses embracing LEDs, which are energy efficient, but still carry great cost.
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Most urban Africans work for a small minority of the rich, who tend to be involved in either cronyish businesses or politics.
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Schools, restaurants, and businesses closed, and more than 1, 000 flights were canceled.
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Songdo still lacks the financial stimulus for businesses to set up shop there.
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Taxes are low, so many businesses have their headquarters here.
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The idea, as he has put it, is to offer businesses rapid, long-distance connectivity on a massive scale.
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There is another survey, sometimes referred to as the "payroll survey," that assesses 400000 businesses based on their reported payrolls.
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it does not include all the businesses
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And businesses shelved investment projects.
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Why do consumers, businesses and investors retreat and panic in times of depression
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Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical (不道德的)behavior in general.
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Businesses are less likely to succeed without setting realistic goals
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Cooperation between the government and businesses.
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David Card, an economist at UC Berkeley, notes that the ones who profit most directly from immigrants' low-cost labor are businesses and employers – meatpacking plants in Nebraska, for instance, or agricultural businesses in California.
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"This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product," said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.
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Access to foot traffic and proximity to transit allow the type of entertainment-oriented businesses such as bars and restaurants to stay open later, which attracts both younger, creative workers and baby boomers nearing retirement alike.
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And those costs would vary depending on the size and scale of the businesses.
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Businesses have downsized or shut down across America, leaving fewer job opportunities for those in search of work.
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Businesses in order to boost their profits hire employees as part-time workers only.
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Here we have three of the most important problems facing small businesses that I want to look at today.
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In addition to this, businesses would now be rewarded for successful efforts to cut food waste.
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In France, the government has banned supermarkets from throwing away edible foods and imposed harsh penalties on businesses that fail to comply with the regulations.
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Now, all of these problems involve significant costs for all businesses, but there're particularly challenging issues for small- and medium-sized enterprises.
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One of the things that businesses and indeed government organizations often fail to do is to really see what is happening from the consumer's perspective.
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So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small-and medium-sized businesses in the next year or so.
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The biggest and most exciting challenge of this technology is how to creatively leverage this ever-growing amount of data to deliver cost savings, improvements and tangible benefits to both businesses and citizens of these smart cities.
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The bills in both chambers would create health insurance exchanges on which small businesses and individuals could choose from an array of private plans and possibly a public option.
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The remaining 20 percent of the Palau seas will be reserved for local fishing by individuals and small-scale commercial fishing businesses with limited exports.
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This generated little commerce for downtown businesses in the evenings, which made business and generating tax revenue for municipal upkeep difficult.
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Welcome to the third lecture in our series on the future of small businesses in Europe.
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While Maple Hill's conversion program is unusually hands on and comprehensive, it's just one of a growing number of businesses committed to slowly changing the way America farms.
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Yet, more and more businesses are thinking about how to reduce consumer waste.
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N-UNCOUNT
商业;买卖;交易;生意
Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
例句
...young people seeking a career in business...
涉足商界的年轻人
Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background.
珍妮弗有着让人印象深刻的学术和商务背景。
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业务量;营业额
Business is used when talking about how many products or services a company is able to sell. If business is good, a lot of products or services are being sold and if business is bad, few of them are being sold.
例句
They worried that German companies would lose business...
他们担心德国公司的业务量会下滑。
Business is booming.
生意蒸蒸日上。
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N-COUNT
工商企业;公司;商店;商铺
A business is an organization which produces and sells goods or which provides a service.
例句
The company was a family business...
这家公司是个家族企业。
The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months...
大多数小企业在开张后的24个月内就倒闭了。
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N-UNCOUNT
任务;职责;工作
Business is work or some other activity that you do as part of your job and not for pleasure.
例句
I'm here on business...
我到这儿来办公事。
You can't mix business with pleasure.
你不能把工作和娱乐搅在一起。
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N-SING
行业;(某一领域的)工作
You can use business to refer to a particular area of work or activity in which the aim is to make a profit.
例句
May I ask you what business you're in?
我可否问问你是做什么工作的?
...the music business.
音乐界
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N-SING
眼前所做之事;手头的事
You can use business to refer to something that you are doing or concerning yourself with.
例句
...recording Ben as he goes about his business...
录下本在处理事务时的镜头片断
There was nothing left for the teams to do but get on with the business of racing.
这些队除了继续参加赛跑比赛,没有什么别的事可做。
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(需要处理的)重要事情,要点
You can use business to refer to important matters that you have to deal with.
例句
The most important business was left to the last...
最重要的事留到最后来解决。
I've got some unfinished business to attend to.
我还有一些未完的事要处理。
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个人的事;私事
If you say that something is your business, you mean that it concerns you personally and that other people have no right to ask questions about it or disagree with it.
例句
My sex life is my business...
我的性生活是我自己的事。
If she doesn't want the police involved, that's her business...
如果她不想让警方介入,那是她自己的事。
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N-SING
事件;情况;活动
You can use business to refer in a general way to an event, situation, or activity. For example, you can say something is 'a wretched business' or you can refer to 'this assassination business'.
例句
We have sorted out this wretched business at last...
我们最终还是把这件破事儿理顺了。
This whole business is very puzzling.
这件事从头到尾都很让人费解。
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N-SING
(令人不快或耗费钱财的)活儿,事情
You can use business when describing a task that is unpleasant in some way. For example, if you say that doing something is a costly business, you mean that it costs a lot.
例句
Coastal defence is a costly business...
海防事务很耗费资财。
Parenting can be a stressful business.
为人父母会是一件压力很大的事。
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PHR-RECIP
做买卖;做生意
If two people or companies do business with each other, one sells goods or services to the other.
例句
I was fascinated by the different people who did business with me.
我对那些跟我做生意的形形色色的人非常感兴趣。
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PHRASE
无权;没有理由
If you say that someone has no business to be in a place or to do something, you mean that they have no right to be there or to do it.
例句
Really I had no business to be there at all.
真的,我根本没有道理呆在那里。
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PHRASE
在经营中
A company that is in business is operating and trading.
例句
You can't stay in business without cash.
没有现金,你无法运营。
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PHRASE
万事俱备
If you say you are in business, you mean you have everything you need to start something immediately.
例句
All you need is a microphone, and you're in business.
再来一只麦克风,你就万事俱备了。
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PHRASE
当真的;严肃的
If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
例句
Now people are starting to realise that he means business.
人们现在才开始明白他不是在开玩笑。
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PHRASE
没你的事;少管闲事
If you say to someone 'mind your own business' or 'it's none of your business', you are rudely telling them not to ask about something that does not concern them.
例句
I asked Laura what was wrong and she told me to mind my own business.
我问劳拉发生了什么事,她让我少管闲事。
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PHRASE
决定做
If you make it your business to do something, you decide to do it, because you are interested in it or because you want to find out something.
例句
She made it her business to find out.
她决定要查明真相。
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PHRASE
是不会(做)…的;才不会(做)
If you say that you are not in the business of doing something, you are emphasizing that you do not do it, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that someone thinks you do.
例句
We are not in the business of subsidising scroungers.
我们是不会资助那些乞丐的。
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PHRASE
停业;破产
If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
例句
Thousands of firms could go out of business.
成千上万个企业可能破产。
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PHRASE
同类中最好的
If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
例句
When you watch him in training, you realise that this lad is the business.
当你观看他训练时,你就会意识到这个小伙子是最棒的。
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PHRASE
一切如常;处之泰然
In a difficult situation, if you say it is business as usual, you mean that people will continue doing what they normally do.
例句
The Queen was determined to show it was business as usual.
女王决定表现出一切正常的样子。