1·The complexity of these relationships makes it unlikely that a system of import relief laws will meet the strategic needs of all the units under the same parent company.
这些关系的复杂性使得进口救济法律制度不太可能满足同一母公司下所有单位的战略需要。
2·Fiat (whose chairman, John Elkann, is a director of The Economist’s parent company) has not decided whether the combined group’s headquarters will be in Turin or Detroit.
菲亚特（现任总裁是John Elkann，此人同时还是《经济学人》杂志母公司的董事）尚未决定将合并后的集团总部落户在意大利的都灵还是美国的底特律。
3·The money raised from the sale will help the parent company reduce its debt.
从这次发售股份交易中筹集的资金将帮助母公司减少其债务。
4·The purpose of the proposal is to avoid conflicts of interest that arise when a parent company, subsidiary or affiliate company oversees the work of its business partners, the committee said.
委员会称，该议案的目的是为了防止母公司、子公司或合作公司检查其业务合作伙伴工作时所产生的利益冲突。
5·Motorola Mobility, best known as a maker of wireless phones, cable modems and cable TV boxes, was spun off in January from its parent company.
摩托罗拉作为世界顶级的无线电话、有线调制解调器和有线电视机顶盒制造商，于今年一月被其前母公司放弃。