The retail industry is getting reinvented, as we describe in our new book Matchmakers.

正如我们在新书《媒人》中所描述的那样，零售业正在被彻底改造。

The retail industry is getting "reinvented", as we describe in our new book Matchmakers.

正如我们在新书《媒人》中所描述的那样，零售业正在经历“彻底改造”。

Without his knowledge, the matchmakers were at work.

他自己还不知道，媒人却已为他穿针引线了（×做工作了） 。

Another new firm, eLove, sets up personal matchmakers.

另一家公司elove则开办了私人红娘服务。

Expert networks are matchmakers that link clients with experts.

专家网络公司是给专家和客户牵线搭桥的媒婆。

The lovelorn must instead rely on an array of digital matchmakers.

单恋之人反而必须要依赖众多的数字配对者。

Beyond the checkout line, she and others agree that dogs can be great matchmakers.

在结账队伍之外，她和其他人都同意狗狗还能成为不错的媒人。

And a number of sizeable digital matchmakers, including Jiayuan and Zhenai, have risen to prominence in China.

而且数量可观的网络媒人包括“世纪佳缘”和“珍爱”已在中国获得声望。

Parents can still play a significant role in trying to fix up their children. Matchmakers are common in the villages.

父母亲在孩子的婚姻大事上发挥着重要作用。媒人在农村也很常见。

Online matchmakers also claim their record of producing successful unions is better than critics give them credit for.

在线媒人也宣称他们成功缔造姻缘的记录比批评者给的数据要可信得多。

An upcoming story on CNN will focus on how matchmakers are thriving in the recession as singles intensify their search for mates.

CNN即将刊出一篇关于文章中讲述了在经济回退中随着单身们加大了寻偶搜索密集度媒(公)婆是如何兴旺发达的文章。

Growing up in a Jewish household where my parents and grandparents spoke Yiddish, we even had a word (shadchen) for those who were matchmakers!

我生长在一个犹太家庭，父母和祖父母都说意第绪语，在意第绪语里，甚至有一个专门的词汇(shadchen)来称呼这种牵线搭桥的人。

But, after some of the six matchmakers he used in the last few years started spilling the beans, Larry came out as a guy looking for perfection.

不过，过去这几年他曾聘用过六个媒人，当中终于有人说漏了嘴，拉里看来是一个寻求完美的人。

One of these is that people now move around more often for work, distancing themselves from friends and family members who could play matchmakers.

其中之一是如今人们为了工作更加频繁地流动，远离了能够担任媒人的朋友和家庭成员。

They lit cigarettes and joined in on the conversation and we realised that we were with a cartel of matchmakers, well used to trading in the dead.

他们点着烟加入了谈话，我们意识到我们是跟非常习惯于死人交易的媒人同业联盟在一起。

For instance, outfits that act as matchmakers for lonely hearts (dating clubs, singles bars, and so on) often levy higher charges on men than on women.

比如为单身汉扮演组织者的机构（约会俱乐部，单身酒吧等等）常常要求男性支付比女性更高的价格。

Certainly many Virgos will get engaged or married this month, for all the planets will act like loving little matchmakers - especially on February 27 and 28.

当然，这个月会有很多处座订婚或结婚，因为所有星星都是小丘比特，特别是2月27,28号的时候。

There was once a daughter of a tolerably well-off family in the country who was lovely and sought out by many matchmakers, although nothing had come of their efforts.

有个村庄的小康之家的女孩子，生得美，有许多人来做媒，但都没有说成。

They asked several matchmakers to find a good match for their son as his wife, but Huan Zang was not interested in any of the young women suggested by the matchmakers.

他们找来了好几个媒人﹐要媒人们为他们的儿子寻觅一个理想的女孩作为他的妻子。

They were taking part in a banquet organized by the Golden Bachelor Matchmakers, a company whose main revenue stream comes from finding female companions for wealthy men.

这个宴会由“钻石王老五”婚介公司发起，替有钱人寻找女伴，为这家公司带来稳定的主营收入。

It also continues to host in-person events and provides a premium service, through which users can pay a team of 100 matchmakers to help the users find prospective matches.

它同样也在继续组织见面活动，同时还提供一项高端服务，用户通过这项服务可以花钱请一支100人的相亲团队来帮助他们寻找潜在伴侣。

In the first two cases we assume that the agent can only register to one matchmaker in the same time, that is to say the services provided by the matchmakers are exclusive.

其中前两种市场中，消费者只能在同一时间注册于一个中介者，即两个中介人提供的服务是相互排它的。