She owned and operated three McDonald's shops in Illinois, but as a divorced mother of three boys, she yearned for a business that would provide for her children and let her spend more time with them.
她在伊利诺斯州拥有并经营着三家麦当劳店，但作为一个有三个儿子的离异母亲，她渴望有一份工作，既能养活她的孩子们，又能让她有更多时间陪他们。
But when it comes to getting ahead, experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics.
但专家们表示，要想获得成功，企业的基础知识应该包括P，即“政治”，就像“办公室政治”一样。
The marital status itself is part of the core business data, but it is stored there only as a short code.
虽然婚姻状况本身就是部分核心业务数据，但是其只是作为一个短代码被存储在那里。
But as chief executive of a dynamic information business, I also see how debilitating the stream of news and reaction can be for an organisation if mishandled.
但是作为一个不断变化的信息企业的主管，我也看到如果处理不当，一连串新闻和反应会多么消弱一个企业。
Websites at first seemed to be a whim, but soon businesses realized how effective the Internet could be as a way to interact with customers, business partners, and internal users.
网站起初看上去像突发奇想，但是很快商业界意识到网络作为客户、生意伙伴和内部用户相互交流的方式是多么有效。
Because a business protocol may be neither executable nor deterministic but still expressed as a process, BPEL refers to it as an abstract process.
由于业务协议可能是既不可执行也不确定但仍可表示为一个流程，所以BPEL把它称之为抽象流程。
There is no firm evidence that BAE's American business has yet suffered as a result, but the firm appealed last month against the award of a contract for trucks to an American rival.
尚无有力证据表明BAE的美国业务因调查受到不良影响，但是公司上个月为一宗卡车合同判给美国竞争对手而进行了申诉。
But it's not all business inside a chip fab, as these microscope photos reveal.
但是，正如这些显微镜下的照片所展示的那样，在芯片工厂中并非只有商业。
These groups can be made by business processes, as suggested by the name of the process maturity level, but a division by business unit or geographic region is possible as well.
分组可按业务流程进行，正如流程成熟度级别的名字所暗示的，但是按照业务单元或地理区域划分可能也不错。
But for a business that counts making money as only one of its goals, it's frightening to invite investors focused only on maximizing returns to the table.
但对于赚钱不是唯一目的的企业而言，就会让那些只关注利益最大化的投资者非常担心。
Of course, business success is great. But Apple sees that as only a means to the end of shipping thrilling designs.
当然，商业成功是伟大的。但苹果仅仅把商业成功看成发布令人兴奋的设计产品收尾的一种手段。
So the Web as a cultural phenomena is as strong as ever, but the Web as a business phenomena (at least as far as content goes) may have reached its limits.
因此万维网作为文化现象，和以前一样强盛，但万维网作为一种商业现象(至少就内容能达到的程度而言)可能达到它的极限了。
Thinking of myself not as a freelancer but as running my own business.
把自己当成个打理自己生意的老板，而别当成自由职业者。
SOMALIA does not spring to mind as a goodplace to do business, but in telecoms at least it has something to teach theworld.
索马里给人的第一印象可不是一个适合做生意的地方，不过至少在通信方面，它有着值得全世界学习的地方。
But the skyscraper is a towering indicator that business as usual is no longer working.
但是高楼大厦标示着生意不如以往了。
In television, which functions not just as a business and debased art form but also as an increasingly fractured nation's DE facto mirror of itself, the threshold is much lower.
而对杂糅了商业和劣质艺术的电视界来说，它只会反映民族性的恶劣一面，而其门槛也更低。
Orsini, 60, is no stranger to turning to Plan B. Her first startup in 1981 began as a concierge service for working executives, but business was sporadic.
现年60岁的Orsini对计划更替并不陌生。她的第一次创业是在1981年，那时她为那些经理人员做接待服务，但生意寥寥。
The set of operations are not driven by our business processes, but rather are used by a customer as part of their processes.
操作集不是由我们的业务过程所推动，而是由客户所使用的，作为他们过程的一部分。
If you have a success, recognize it as a milestone, and celebrate-but do not let it define your business or yourself.
如果你获取成功，将它看作是一个里程碑，庆祝你的成功，但是不要因此而限制住你自己和你的事业。
By 1999, I was working for a company as a programmer writing business applications, but unfortunately the language was COBOL on the mainframe.
到了1999年，我在一家公司做程序员负责编写商业程序，但遗憾的是工作用的是大型机上的COBOL语言。
This trend too should change attitudes at big firms, so that generics are not seen merely as pests to be tolerated or paid off, but rather as inspiration for a radically different business model.
这一趋势也应改变大公司的态度，使仿制药不只是被看作是需要容忍或冒风险的有害之物，而更应该看作是能触发完全不同的商业模式的灵感。
Analysts note that referral revenue is declining as an overall slice of the business. But it still makes up a big piece of profit.
分析师指出，推荐费收入随着整体业务的下滑也在减少，但它在整体盈利中仍占到了很大一部分。
But you have to direct your own actions as a small business owner.
但是作为小企业家你必须指导自己的行动。
This home business idea looks at wedding photography as a home business - but many of the concepts apply to any kind of photography business.
担任婚礼摄影师的想法看上去像是家庭事业，但是这其中的很多理念可以应用到其他的摄影事业上。
Apparently, one can take a training course from a more established doctor, but as with everything in this for-profit business, that comes at a price.
很明显，一个人可能要从已经执业的医生那里接受培训，但是，对于这项盈利的业务的每一个方面来说，这是有代价的。
He worked as a delivery boy there, but happily gave up the restaurant business.
他曾经在那里做过送报员，却又欣然地放弃了餐馆生意。
He worked as a delivery boy there, but happily gave up the restaurant business.
他曾经在那里做过送报员，却又欣然地放弃了餐馆生意。
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