一、business and businesses商業(yè)和公司
A business,company,or firm is an organization that sells goods or services .A business may also be referred to formally as a concern.Business is the production,buying,and selling of goods and services.
A business may be referred to approvingly as an enterprise to emphasize its adventurous, risk-taking qualities, and business in general may be referred to in the same way, for example in combinations such as free enterprise and private enterprise.
Business is also referred to as commerce. This word, and its related adjective commercial, are often used to distinguish the business sphere from other areas such as government or the arts, or to distinguish it from nonmoney-making activities.
注釋：
Business 商業(yè)；生意；公司 Company 公司；商號(hào)
Firm (合伙的)商號(hào)；商行 Concern 康采恩（壟斷企業(yè)形式之一）
Commerce 商業(yè)； 商務(wù) Commercial 商業(yè)的；商務(wù)的；商用的
Enterprise 企事業(yè)單位 Free Enterprise 自由企業(yè)
Private Enterprise 私人企業(yè)
二、From multinationals to small firms 從跨國(guó)公司到小型企業(yè)
Large companies are referred to as corporations, especially in the United States. Corporate is used to describe things relating to a corporation, or to corporations in general, in expressions like the ones in the next exercise. Large companies operating in many countries are multinationals.
Big business can refer to large business organizations or to any business activity that makes a lot of money. Small companies are referred to as small businesses or small firms.
Unlike some languages, English does not have an everyday term for small and medium-sized companies, apart from this rather clumsy expression.
注釋：
Corporation 大公司；股份有限公司 Corporate 法人；團(tuán)體
Multinational 跨國(guó)的；多國(guó)的 Big business 大型企業(yè)；大公司
Small and medium sized companies中小規(guī)模的公司
Small business 小公司 Small firm 小公司
A business,company,or firm is an organization that sells goods or services .A business may also be referred to formally as a concern.Business is the production,buying,and selling of goods and services.
A business may be referred to approvingly as an enterprise to emphasize its adventurous, risk-taking qualities, and business in general may be referred to in the same way, for example in combinations such as free enterprise and private enterprise.
Business is also referred to as commerce. This word, and its related adjective commercial, are often used to distinguish the business sphere from other areas such as government or the arts, or to distinguish it from nonmoney-making activities.
注釋：
Business 商業(yè)；生意；公司 Company 公司；商號(hào)
Firm (合伙的)商號(hào)；商行 Concern 康采恩（壟斷企業(yè)形式之一）
Commerce 商業(yè)； 商務(wù) Commercial 商業(yè)的；商務(wù)的；商用的
Enterprise 企事業(yè)單位 Free Enterprise 自由企業(yè)
Private Enterprise 私人企業(yè)
二、From multinationals to small firms 從跨國(guó)公司到小型企業(yè)
Large companies are referred to as corporations, especially in the United States. Corporate is used to describe things relating to a corporation, or to corporations in general, in expressions like the ones in the next exercise. Large companies operating in many countries are multinationals.
Big business can refer to large business organizations or to any business activity that makes a lot of money. Small companies are referred to as small businesses or small firms.
Unlike some languages, English does not have an everyday term for small and medium-sized companies, apart from this rather clumsy expression.
注釋：
Corporation 大公司；股份有限公司 Corporate 法人；團(tuán)體
Multinational 跨國(guó)的；多國(guó)的 Big business 大型企業(yè)；大公司
Small and medium sized companies中小規(guī)模的公司
Small business 小公司 Small firm 小公司