As a result, desperate small traders were buying permits through brokers or trying to smuggle goods through the Great Wall.
结果，走投无路的小商人只好通过掮客出钱购买许可证，或者通过走私从关内进货。The move had been bitterly opposed by millions of small traders who fear they'll be put out of business by the retail giants.
数百万小商人强烈反对，他们担心自己被零售巨头赶出市场。The small businessman likes to think of himself as the salt of the nation's economy, if not of the earth.
这个小商人乐于把自己认为是国家经济精英，如果还不是世界精英的话。His father was a small time merchant, and his father's second wife was Freud's mother.
他的父亲是一个小商人，弗洛伊德的生身母亲是他父亲的第二个妻子。A very significant proportion of contemporary Americans are descendants of small merchants, craftsmen, and professional people.
当今美国人中，小商人、手工业者和专门职业者的后裔占很大一部分。Many retailers make up to 70 percent of their annual revenue in the month preceding Christmas.
许多小商人仅靠圣诞季的销售就能挣到年营业额的70%。In the past, if you were a small businessperson, you were a local businessperson.
在过去，如果你是一位小商人，就等于说你是一位当地的生意人。Remember our example of a small businessman who ran a fruit and vegetable stand, selling several crates each day?
还记得我们前面讲过的例子吗？一个摆水果和蔬菜摊位的小商人，每天能卖几框果蔬。As a small businessperson you have no greater leverage than the truth.
作为一个小商人，诚实是最大的优势。