| 单词 | family-run |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfamily-run C1. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘owned or operated by members of a single family’, as family-owned, family-run, etc. Cf. sense B. 4. ΚΠ 1916 Ann. Rep. Missouri State Board Agric. 92 We want a family-owned, a family-operated farm. 1935 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 18 July 4/8 We decided to put up for the night at one of those out of the way family-run pensions. 1956 Pop. Mech. Dec. 126 (heading) It's Guy Stillman's family-owned narrow-gauge railroad. 1989 San Francisco Focus Oct. 128/2 Another of the Bay Area's family-owned newspaper businesses was succumbing to the siren song of big bucks and chain ownership. 1995 Canad. Hist. Rev. June 253 The development of family-controlled enterprises may be explained less by the Chandler thesis, which has been based upon large and ownership-diversified American firms, than by alternate theories. 2006 Olive Oct. (Foodie Cities Suppl.) 29/1 This family-run chain has five outlets around town and uses organic ingredients. < as lemmas |
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