25% of those who head large corporations were born into affluent families.

掌控大公司的人中有四分之一出生在富裕的家庭里。

A corporation is a legal entity, separate from its owners.

股份有限公司是独立于所有外的法律实体。

The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont's only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon.

当2002年时，公司在弗农买下佛蒙特州仅有的核电厂，一个日渐老化的反应堆，这场争议便已浮出水面。

To begin with, big corporations are more reputable and prestigious than small ones.

首先，大公司比小公司更有名气。

They see the world increasingly as one vast, interconnected marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.

在他们看来，世界越来越像一个巨大的互相联系的场。在这个场里，企业寻求采、生产及销售产品和服务的最佳地点。

Only research laboratories, universities, and large corporations could afford such equipment.

只有研究实验室、大学和大公司才能负担得起这样的设备。

And what do corporations do all day?

企业都在做些什么？

Isn’t that part of what makes politics so dispiriting? How can elected officials rage about deficits when we propose to spend money on preschool for kids, but not when we’re cutting taxes for corporations?

难道这种东西不是让政治变得令人沮丧吗？当选官员怎么能在我们给学前儿童花钱时怒斥赤字，却要求给公司减税呢？

The fountain in New York City's Bryant Park is owned and operated by a not-for-profit corporation, which puts the cash collected by cleaners towards the fountain's own maintenance.

布莱恩特公园的喷泉由一家非营利性公司拥有和经营，该公司将清洁工收集的现金用于喷泉自身的维护。

And many are pressing for new legislation to provide this freedom through a range of innovations, including public corporations, charter colleges, state enterprise status, and performance contracts.

许多人正在敦促新的立法，通过一系列的创新提供这种自由，包括公共公司、特许学院、国有企业地位和绩效合同。

NASA wasn't just one big corporation making everything.

NASA（美国宇航局）不仅仅是一个制造一切的大公司。

What's happening in the corporate world is corporations are facing a mass extinction event.

而企业世界将遭遇的就是大批倒闭的情况。

Our corporation gained development vitality and market competitiveness through further reform and opening up.

所改革开放使集团获得了新的活力，提高了集团的竞争能力。”

Secondly, multinational corporations create meticulously crafted ads to entice consumers to purchase their products.

第二，，跨国公司创作出精心制作的广告来吸引消费买他们的产品。

Guilds, corporations and clans will form around them.

他们周围会组建 公会、集团、帮派。

" We had someone talk about the bamboo ceiling, which is about Asian people just having a really hard time moving up within corporations."

“有人谈到了竹制天花板，这是指有关亚洲人在公司内部很难升迁的问题。”

Today, many large corporations stress the importance of diversity on their websites.

今天，许多大公司在其网站上强调多元化的重要性。

One large truck's upkeep costs are far lower than those of two half sized trucks, according to several mining corporations.

据多家矿业公司称，一辆大型卡车的维护成本远低于两辆半尺寸卡车的维护成本。

Let's all work together, parents and children, corporations and NGOs, governments, and the general public.

让我们所有人，不论男女老少，公司还是非政府组织，政府或是公众，都来共同努力。

I plan to get help from the businessmen and the corporations of Riverdale.

我打算争取Riverdale商人和企业的支持。