The Big Four are by no means perfect.

四大绝对不是完美的公司。

If one of the big four collapses, so be it.

如果四大之一倒掉，就让它倒掉。

The big four are likely to land most of the business.

“四大”可能拿到大部分的业务。

"It used to be known as the big four. Not any more, " said Barry.

“‘四巨头’这个称呼曾经被大家熟知，但不会再有了”巴里说道。

The Big Four look embarrassingly male at their most senior levels.

四大(the Big Four)的最高层令人尴尬的都是男性。

Here are the big four ingredients in processed foods you should look out for.

以下是加工食品中你应该留意的四种配料。

One of Germany's big four energy companies is based in Essen; another is in Dusseldorf.

德国四大能源巨头之一植根于埃森市，还有一个在杜塞尔多夫。

It's not as simple as calling one of America's big four carriers and setting up a short code.

要求任何一个美国四大电信运营商建立短信通道代码并不简单。

Some of the most interesting figures in public life have not even notched up the big four-oh.

公众最关注的人物目前还不到四位。

However, the big four were, by bipartisan agreement, though not by law, forbidden to take each other over.

尽管没有制定法律，最大的四家银行之间已相互达成协议禁止彼此收购。

This is bringing the strategy shops into competition with the biggest players: the Big Four audit firms.

策略就是把战略咨询与最大的玩家——“四大”审计公司抢占市场。

The Big Four has the expertise, and ought to also have a ton of self-interested motivation to get this fixed.

四大会计师事务所拥有足够的技术和巨大动机来推动这一系统的实现。

NCDnet focuses on the big four diseases: cardiovascular disease, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.

全球非传染病网络将重点放在四大疾病上，即：心血管病，癌症，糖尿病，以及慢性呼吸道疾病。

That presents the Big Four with a particular problem: how to identify future stars among the mass of raw recruits.

这表明四大面临一个特殊的问题：如何在众多的新招聘成员之中辨别出未来的主角。

Many companies even now have only three to choose from, because they buy non-audit services from one of the big four.

因为许多公司都是从四强中的一家获取非审计服务，如今他们选择就只剩三个了。

The big four-harvard, Princeton, Stanford and yale-all took less than 10% of their applicants for the first time ever.

四大名校(哈佛、普林斯顿、斯坦福和耶鲁)的录取率第一次同时低于百分之十。

NCDnet focuses on the big four risk factors: tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and the harmful use of alcohol.

全球非传染病网络重点关注四大风险因素：烟草使用，不健康饮食，缺乏身体活动，以及有害使用酒精。

A couple of seasons ago United had dreadful results against the other teams in the 'big four' yet went on and won the league.

几个赛季前曼联在对“四强”其他几个对手时的成绩非常糟糕，但最终赢得了冠军。

This would be a huge change to the business model of the “big four” audit firms: PwC, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst &Young and KPMG.

这将给“四大”会计师事务所的商业模式带来巨大改变：普华永道，德勤，安永和毕马威。

Still, Arsenal's status as the last English-owned club of the big four was something it was quietly proud of, and will be sorry to lose.

尽管如此，作为四大足球俱乐部中最后一个英国拥有的俱乐部，阿森纳足球队的地位具有值得骄傲的魅力，而且失去它将是很令人惋惜的。

I call for the Big Four accounting firms, the Big Four Banks and the CICPA to get together to work out a system for online confirmations.

我呼吁四大会计师事务所，四大行和中国注册会计师协会协力合作，推出一个网上询证系统。

Many companies are as big as they are. Unlike most, however, the Big Four really mean it when they say that people are their biggest assets.

而且不像多数与他们相当的公司，当四大称人才是他们最大的资产，他们付诸于言行。

For the big four-which also include kpmg-consulting now generates between a sixth and a third of global revenue, and this figure is growing.

对于四大来说—还包括毕马威¬—咨询业务占到全球业务收入的六分之一到三分之一，而且还在不断增长。