The Terminator series is one of the most successful film franchises ever.

《终结者》是有史以来最成功的系列电影之一。

Vivendi’s Universal Studios Orlando is dropping $100 million on three new rides based on Universal movie franchises --The Mummy, Shrek and Jimmy Neutron--

奥兰多的维旺迪环球影城投资1亿美元,根据环球电影授权的木乃伊、史莱克和天才小子吉米建造了三座全新的乘坐装置。

TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.

电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。

Ford dealerships operated as independent franchises

福特汽车公司的代销商都是独立的联营商。

That fast food business has expanded through the sale of franchises .

该快餐店通过出售联营经销权而扩大了生意。

Our managers protect their franchises , they control costs, they search for new products and markets that build on their existing strengths and they don’t get diverted.

经理人致力于保护企业本身、控制成本，基于现有能力寻找新产品与新市场来巩固既有优势，他们从不受外界诱惑

In their business plan, Ray knew that the primary business focus was to sell hamburger franchises , but what he never lost sight of was the location of each franchise.

雷的远期商业计划中,基本业务将是出售麦当劳的各个分店给各个合伙人,他一向很重视每个分店的地理位置。

Examples include patents, copyrights, trademarks, franchises , and goodwill.

例如专利、版权、商标、专营权和商誉等。

At one time he sold mixers for milkshakes, and soon thereafter he was selling hamburger franchises -But while his profession was selling hamburger franchises, his business was the accumulation of income-producing real estate.

他卖过牛奶搅拌器,以后又转为卖汉堡包,而他的事业则是积累能产生收入的地产。

Ray Kroc, of McDonald’s fame, sold hamburger franchises , not because he loved hamburgers, but because he wanted the real estate under the franchise for free.

这就像雷·克罗克,以麦当劳而出名,他出让汉堡包特许经营权并不是因为他喜欢汉堡包,而是因为他希望出让特许经营权后房地产能够升值。

The Study of the Identification of Professional Baseball Franchises on the Intentions to watch Televised Games

职棒球队认同度对于电视收视意愿之研究

The cost of franchises varies greatly and often may be quite substantial.

专营权的获取成本大小不一,但通常会金额较大。

||1: The QMA is not part of the Culture Ministry, though they do co-operate. ||2: The museum agency works with local franchises of foreign universities, such as University College London, on arts administration and museum management. ||3: It recruits heavily from abroad, especially at a senior level. ||4: The director of the public-arts programme is a Dutchman, Jean-Paul Engelen, who came from Christie’s. ||5: Edward Dolman, Christie’s one-time British chief executive, runs Sheikha Mayassa’s office. ||6: The director of the MIA is 32-year-old Aisha Al Khater, the first Qatari woman to gain a degree in music. ||7: But the four specialist curators below her are all foreign. Two more are about to join them, an expert on manuscripts and another on coins.

||1:QMA其实并非文化部的一部分，虽然他们会经常进行合作。||2:在艺术品及博物馆管理问题上，博物馆办事处经常同外国高校（如伦敦大学）在当地的分支机构合作。||3:目前它正大量招募海外人才，尤其是那些资深级别的。||4: 公众艺术节目的导演Jean-Paul Engelen就是一个荷兰人，他对Christie的小说并不感冒。 ||5: 而Sheikha Mayassa的部门中的日常事务，则由Christie曾经聘用过的总经理——英国人Edward Dolman来管理。 ||6: MIA的主管是32岁的Aisha Al Khater，她是第一位取得音乐学位的卡塔尔女性。 ||7:不过她手下的4位专家主任都是外国人，还有两个也即将加入，他们分别是研究手稿及硬币方面的专家。

||1: Through both growth and acquisitions he built Activision into a gaming giant. ||2: Today it is known for the “Tony Hawk” skateboarding games, the “Call of Duty” series of military shoot-’em-ups, and its “Guitar Hero” games, in which players must press buttons on a plastic, guitar-shaped controller in time with blaring rock music. ||3: Each of these is a brand in its own right and has spawned numerous versions and sequels. ||4: This has led to criticism that Activision’s approach is too dependent on exploiting and re-exploiting franchises . ||5: But Mr Kotick vigorously denies that his company fails to innovate. ||6: “A small segment of very vocal gamers say everything has to be new and different every year,” he says. “Actually, people are happy with existing franchises , provided you innovate within them.” ||7: The trick, once again, is to strike a balance: between the familiarity of a trusted brand and “innovative and inspiring” new features.

||1:通过发展和收购，他把动视公司打造成了游戏业的巨头。||2:如今动视公司推出的很多游戏都是耳熟能详的，如“托尼·霍克”（又称“滑板天王”或“滑板高手”）、“使命召唤”系列（军事凶杀类游戏）还有“吉他英雄”（玩家必须伴嘈杂的摇滚乐及时的地按下塑料吉他造型的控制器）。||3:上面的每个游戏都有各自的版权，不仅发行版本众多，而且还推出了好几代。||4:这也遭到了不少批评，指责动视公司只会一味地依靠对现有游戏的重复研发。||5:但是科迪克却坚决否定他的公司缺乏创新。||6:他表示：“一小撮的玩家希望每年都能推出全新而且迥异的游戏。事实上，如果只在现有的游戏中进行创新，大家还是非常乐意的。”||7:这次的关键又是抓住一个平衡——老品牌的熟悉感和新特点的创新度之间的平衡。

||1: Walmart at last found a buyer for Asda, a British supermarket chain that it bought in 1999 and has been trying to sell for more than two years. ||2: The new owner in the 6.8bn pounds ($8.7bn) deal is a consortium led by Zuber and Mohsin Issa. ||3: The brothers run eg Group, which operates petrol stations and food concessions across ten countries, and owns many Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises in Britain.

||1:沃尔玛终于为英国连锁超市Asda找到了买家。Asda是沃尔玛在1999年收购的一家英国连锁超市，两年多来沃尔玛一直想要出售这家超市。||2: 这笔价值68亿英镑(87亿美元)的交易的买主是一个由Zuber和Mohsin Issa领导的财团。 ||3:兄弟俩经营EG集团，该集团在10个国家经营加油站和食品特许经营，并在英国拥有许多肯德基连锁店。

Totvs supplies roughly half of all business software and services on its home turf, either directly or through franchises , reckons Gartner, a research firm.

Totvs大致上在国内提供了一半的商业软件和服务，通过直销的或者经销代理的，Gartner，一家研究公司预计。

Business is booming, boasts Husni Bey, a local industrialist whose company runs the franchises for several Western chains.

胡斯尼·贝不无夸耀道：商业要兴盛起来了。胡斯尼是当地一位实业家，他的公司拥有好几家西方连锁店的特许经营权。

On January 24th the BCCI then said it had sold eight ten-year franchises for IPL teams for a total of $723m.

1月24日，BCCI宣布它已经售出了8份10年期的IPL球队经营权，总价值高达72300万美元。

"I’m going to put my attention on my biggest franchises and I’m going to start with Time, " Ms Moore says.

安-穆尔说：“我将关注最大的特许经营权项目，而且我将从时代公司做起。”

About 200 Fiat franchises will be awarded this fall, mainly to Chrysler Group dealerships in metro markets friendly to small cars.

报道说，大约有200家菲亚特经销商将会在今年秋天获得特许授权，主要与那些在地铁市场上销售小型车的克莱斯勒经销商相当。

Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen dealerships said that total car sales for the two franchises this year have grown by 80 percent.

宾士与福斯的代理商表示，今年其品牌的车辆总销量较去年成长八成。

Since that time, McDonald’s and its franchises have remodeled 11, 000 stores (there are now 31, 000 locations around the globe).

从那时起，麦当劳和它的特许加盟店重新规范设计了11000家店面（现在全球有31000家）。

Many poorer neighborhoods have fewer supermarkets and more fast-food franchises per capita.

大部分较贫穷的临近区域内，人均超市数量较少，而快餐店较多。

Most franchises fall into either the "owner-operator" or the "executive" model of business.

大多数特许经营可以分为两类：业主经营模式和经理模式。

Most grocery liquidators are independently owned, and even the chains like Grocery Outlet are independently operated franchises .

大多数杂货清货商都是自主经营，甚至还有像“杂货经销店”这样自主经营的特许经营连锁店。

Disney now has ten "franchises " that it treats in this way, from Mickey Mouse to Disney Fairies.

迪斯尼现在有十个下属产品采用这种运作模式，包括米奇老鼠和迪斯尼童话。

The size of company grew rapidly, and immediately after WWII 450 franchises were opened.

二战之后极快的发展了450家专营店。

Ford is unable to match its competitors’ moves because of state laws that favor the dealer franchises .

福特无法达到竞争对手的举措力度，因为州法律有利于经销商的特许经营权。

The company now has 21 franchises and 12 company-owned locations and is worth millions of dollars.

该公司目前拥有21个专营权和12处自有处理厂，价值超过百万美元。

The company should guarantee that it will only open a set number of franchises in your area.

公司应该向你保证在你的地盘只能开有限数量的经销商。