单词mom-and-pop
adj.: 夫妻（或家庭）经营的
网络: 夫妻店；夫妻经营的；很多家庭式小型零售商
夫妻（或家庭）经营的:
owned and run by a husband and wife, or by a family
That"s why employers, from international non-profits to the mom-and-pop stores down the road, want employees able to think globally.
而你在美国某个地方办公。这就为何大到国际非赢利组织，小到路边小店，都希望雇员具有国际化思维。
Companies including Wal-Mart and Tesco lobbied hard to be allowed into a market dominated by 9m "mom and pop" corner stores.
包括沃尔玛（Wal-Mart）和特易购（Tesco）在内的公司大力游说，试图获准进入印度市场。目前，印度市场上占据支配地位的是900万家“夫妻老婆”店。
But I thought I"d put together a little list of what mom-and-pop stores can do to attract younger customers.
但是我觉得我只是将一些能吸引年轻客户的夫妻店提供出来。
But you"re missing the point of the story. A mom-and-pop bowling ball bag manufacturer in Jersey. . .
但你错失了这个故事的重点。一个小的保龄球包制造商生产的球衣…
"Mom-and-pop stores can use their small size to their advantage by making it easier for people, " he said.
他还说：“家庭经营式的小规模商店可以利用他们规模小作为优势，为人们带来便利。”
As the old saying has it, he would eat "anything on two legs except Mom and Pop, anything on four legs except beds and chairs. "
正如那句俗语所说的，“两条腿的除了爹妈啥都吃，四条腿的除了床凳啥都吃。”
I would be happy to set up a website for any mom-and-pop business that is okay with a website based off a blog host. For free.
我很乐意免费为那些夫妻店建立一个网站，而这个网站是可以在博客上免费搜索的。
But a central reason, say economists, is that its private sector consists mostly of small mom-and-pop businesses that seem unable to grow.
但经济学家说，关键原因在于意大利的私营部门主要是由小型家族企业构成的，这些企业似乎无力发展壮大。
Zappos is a billion-dollar company with customer service characteristic of a mom-and-pop shop.
扎珀斯是一家价值10亿美元的公司，面向老爸老妈的服务是它的特色。
Traditionally only immigrant and small mom-and-pop businesses were willing to risk the city"s intermittent crackdowns.
传统意义上只有移民和小本经营的“夫妻店”才愿意去冒被市政府取缔的危险。