The name of a huge American chain of stores — the biggest retailer in the world, and one of the biggest employers on earth.

a huge American chain of stores一個美國大型連鎖商店The name of的名稱the biggest retailer in the world是世界最大的零售商and也是one of the biggest employers on earth全球最大雇主之一

A single branch is enormous, more like a warehouse than a shop, and it sells almost everything under one roof: food, clothes, toys, medicine, televisions, garden tools, car tyres.

A single branch單一分店is enormous非常龐大more like a warehouse than a shop比較像倉庫而不是商店and it sells almost everything under one roof幾乎什麼都在同一個屋簷下賣food, clothes, toys, medicine, televisions, garden tools, car tyres食物、衣服、玩具、藥品、電視、園藝工具、汽車輪胎

The whole idea of the company is low prices in exchange for buying in gigantic quantities, and that is why it appears constantly in news stories and business classes as the example of a discount giant.

The whole idea of the company這家公司的整個理念low prices in exchange for buying in gigantic quantities是用超大量採購來換取低價and that is why這也是為什麼it appears constantly in news stories and business classes它常常出現在新聞報導和商業課程裡as the example of a discount giant被當作折扣巨頭的例子

Two things worth knowing. First, the spelling: the company itself dropped the hyphen in 2008 and now writes Walmart, so the form with the hyphen is the older one you will still meet in books and older articles.

Two things worth knowing有兩件事值得知道First, the spelling第一是拼法the company itself這家公司自己in 2008在2008年dropped the hyphen拿掉了連字號and now writes Walmart現在寫作Walmartso the form with the hyphen所以帶連字號的寫法is the older one是比較舊的形式you will still meet你還是會看到in books and older articles在書籍和較舊的文章裡

Second, it carries a whole social argument with it in the US — people debate whether Wal-Mart moving into a town kills the small local shops, and how it treats its workers, so the word often turns up in that critical sense too.

Second第二it carries a whole social argument with it in the US這個詞在美國還帶著一整套社會爭議people debate人們爭論whether Wal-Mart moving into a town沃爾瑪進駐一個城鎮是否會kills the small local shops扼殺當地的小商店and how it treats its workers以及它怎麼對待員工so the word often turns up in that critical sense too所以這個詞也常常帶著批評的意味出現

There are no Wal-Mart stores in Taiwan; the nearest local comparison for a student is Costco or 大潤發, though Wal-Mart is far bigger.

There are no Wal-Mart stores in Taiwan台灣沒有沃爾瑪的分店the nearest local comparison for a student對學生來說最接近的在地對照is Costco or 大潤發是Costco或大潤發though Wal-Mart is far bigger不過沃爾瑪規模大得多