business

business 基本解释

n.  商业; 买卖; 生意; 商务; 公事; 营业额; 贸易额; 营业状况

business 词性变化

复数：businesses

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business 词组短语

• direct transaction in business
• journal of business administration
• business accounting
• business application
• business automation
• business communication
• business computer
• business data processing
• business game
• Common Business Oriented Language

business 详细解释

noun

贸易 trade

1. 商业；买卖；生意
   the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying goods or services for money
   1. business contacts/affairs/interests
      商业联系 / 事务 / 利益
   2. a business investment
      商业投资
   3. It's been a pleasure to do business with you.
      和你做买卖很愉快。
   4. She has set up in business as a hairdresser.
      她已经开店当理发师。
   5. When he left school, he went into business with his brother.
      他毕业后和他哥哥去经商了。
   6. She works in the computer business.
      她从事电脑业。

工作 work

2. 商务；公事
   work that is part of your job
   1. Is the trip to Rome business or pleasure ?
      这次去罗马是公干还是游玩？
   2. a business lunch
      商务午餐
   3. He's away on business .
      他出差去了。
3. 营业额；贸易额；营业状况
   the amount of work done by a company, etc.; the rate or quality of this work
   1. Business was bad.
      生意不景气。
   2. Business was booming.
      生意兴隆。
   3. Her job was to drum up (= increase) business.
      她的工作是提高营业额。
   4. How's business?
      生意如何？

公司 company

4. 商业机构；企业；公司；商店；工厂
   a commercial organization such as a company, shop/store or factory
   1. to have/start/run a business
      拥有 / 开办 / 经营企业
   2. business premises
      商务场址
   3. She works in the family business.
      她在家族的企业工作。
   4. They've got a small catering business.
      他们从事小规模的酒席承办业务。

职责 responsibility

5. 归（某人或某机构）管的事；职责
   something that concerns a particular person or organization
   1. It is the business of the police to protect the community.
      警察的职责是保护社会。
   2. I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible.
      我要亲自查出是谁的责任。
   3. My private life is none of your business (= does not concern you) .
      我的私生活与你无关。
   4. It's no business of yours who I invite to the party.
      你无权过问我邀请谁参加聚会。

要事 important matters

6. （需要处理或讨论的）重要事情，要点
   important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed
   1. the main business of the meeting
      会议的主要议题
   2. He has some unfinished business to deal with.
      他还要处理一些尚未了结的事务。

事情 event

7. 事情；事件；状况
   a matter, an event or a situation
   1. That plane crash was a terrible business.
      那次飞机坠毁是十分可怕的事。
   2. I found the whole business very depressing.
      我觉得整件事令人沮丧。
   3. The business of the missing tickets hasn't been sorted out.
      遗失票这件事还没解决呢。

消费 being a customer

消费 being a customer

business 同义词辨析

  matteraffairbusinessconcernthing【导航词义：事情】

  matter n. 事情，事务

〔辨析〕通常指关乎利益、命运等的紧要事务，必须予以考虑或解决。

  affair n. 事件，事情

〔辨析〕指令人印象深刻的重大事件或具有某种特点的不寻常之事。

  business n. 事情，事务

〔辨析〕指需要完成或讨论的重要事务，也指归某人管的事或某人持有某种看法的事情。

  concern n. 事情，关注的事

〔辨析〕指关系到某人切身利益、引起其关注或担忧的重要事情。

  thing n. 事情

〔辨析〕普通用词，词义最为广泛，可指任何事实、事件、情况、行为等。

  tradebusinesscommerce【导航词义：商业】

  trade n. 交易，贸易

〔辨析〕指具体的某种买卖交易或跨国交易，也可指广泛的贸易。

  business n. 商业，买卖，生意

〔辨析〕指各类商业活动，包括制造、买卖产品，或提供服务等，侧重于赚钱。

  commerce n. 商业，贸易

〔辨析〕指商品、服务的买卖，侧重于大规模的商贸活动。

business 习惯用语

n.

any other business

• （会议结束前）议程以外的议题
  the things that are discussed at the end of an official meeting that do not appear on the agenda
  1. I think we've finished item four. Now is there any other business?
     我想我们已经讨论完第四项。还有其他要讨论的吗？

be in business

• 准备就绪
  to have everything that you need in order to be able to start sth immediately
  1. All we need is a car and we'll be in business.
     我们所需要的只是一辆车，然后我们就准备就绪了。

be the business

• 很好
  to be very good

business as usual

• （尽管处境困难）一切照常，不受干扰
  a way of saying that things will continue as normal despite a difficult situation

business is business

• 公事公办
  a way of saying that financial and commercial matters are the important things to consider and you should not be influenced by friendship, etc.

get down to business

• 着手处理正事；开始认真工作
  to start dealing with the matter that needs to be dealt with, or doing the work that needs to be done

go about your business

• 忙自己的事；做通常做的事
  to do the things that you normally do
  1. streets filled with people going about their daily business
     挤满为日常工作奔忙的人的街道

have no business doing sth

have no business to do sth

• 无权做某事
  to have no right to do sth
  1. You have no business being here.
     你无权待在这里。

like nobody's business

• 非常；很多；很快；很好
  very much, very fast, very well, etc.
  1. I've been working like nobody's business to get it finished in time.
     为按时完成任务，我一直在快马加鞭地工作。

not be in the business of doing sth

• 无意做某事
  not intending to do sth (which it would be surprising for you to do)
  1. I'm not in the business of getting other people to do my work for me.
     我无意让别人替我工作。

out of business

• 停业；歇业
  having stopped operating as a business because there is no more money or work available
  1. The new regulations will put many small businesses out of business .
     新法规将使很多小企业关闭。
  2. Some travel companies will probably go out of business this summer.
     今年夏天一些旅游公司很可能歇业。

mean business

• 是认真的；说话算数
  to be serious in your intentions
  1. He has the look of a man who means business.
     他看上去像是个说话算数的人。

mind your own business

• 想自己的事；别管闲事
  to think about your own affairs and not ask questions about or try to get involved in other people's lives
  1. ‘What are you reading?’ ‘Mind your own business!’
     “你在读什么呢？”“少管闲事！”
  2. I was just sitting there, minding my own business, when a man started shouting at me.
     我就坐在那儿，也没招谁惹谁，忽然有个男人对我大喊大叫。

ply for hire/trade/business

• 招徕顾客；等生意
  to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business
  1. taxis plying for hire outside the theatre
     在剧院外招揽乘客的出租车

business 双语例句

1. 1、 Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background.
   珍妮弗有着让人印象深刻的学术和商务背景。
2. 2、 They worried that German companies would lose business
   他们担心德国公司的业务量会下滑。
3. 3、 business is booming.
   生意蒸蒸日上。
4. 4、 The company was a family business
   这家公司是个家族企业。
5. 5、 The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months
   大多数小企业在开张后的24个月内就倒闭了。
6. 6、 He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.
   在公司倒闭后，他手头缺少现金。
7. 7、 I'm here on business
   我到这儿来办公事。
8. 8、 You can't mix business with pleasure.
   你不能把工作和娱乐搅在一起。
9. 9、 May I ask you what business you're in?
   我可否问问你是做什么工作的？
10. 10、 There was nothing left for the teams to do but get on with the business of racing.
    这些队除了继续参加赛跑比赛，没有什么别的事可做。
11. 11、 The most important business was left to the last
    最重要的事留到最后来解决。
12. 12、 I've got some unfinished business to attend to.
    我还有一些未完的事要处理。
13. 13、 My sex life is my business
    我的性生活是我自己的事。
14. 14、 If she doesn't want the police involved, that's her business
    如果她不想让警方介入，那是她自己的事。
15. 15、 It's not our business.
    这不关我们的事。
16. 16、 We have sorted out this wretched business at last
    我们最终还是把这件破事儿理顺了。
17. 17、 This whole business is very puzzling.
    这件事从头到尾都很让人费解。
18. 18、 Coastal defence is a costly business
    海防事务很耗费资财。
19. 19、 Parenting can be a stressful business.
    为人父母会是一件压力很大的事。
20. 20、 Really I had no business to be there at all.
    真的，我根本没有道理呆在那里。
21. 21、 You can't stay in business without cash.
    没有现金，你无法运营。
22. 22、 All you need is a microphone, and you're in business.
    再来一只麦克风，你就万事俱备了。
23. 23、 Now people are starting to realise that he means business.
    人们现在才开始明白他不是在开玩笑。
24. 24、 I asked Laura what was wrong and she told me to mind my own business.
    我问劳拉发生了什么事，她让我少管闲事。
25. 25、 She made it her business to find out.
    她决定要查明真相。
26. 26、 We are not in the business of subsidising scroungers.
    我们是不会资助那些乞丐的。
27. 27、 Thousands of firms could go out of business.
    成千上万个企业可能破产。
28. 28、 When you watch him in training, you realise that this lad is the business.
    当你观看他训练时，你就会意识到这个小伙子是最棒的。
29. 29、 The Queen was determined to show it was business as usual.
    女王决定表现出一切正常的样子。
30. 30、 Philip and I pooled our savings to start up my business.
    我和菲利普把积蓄凑到一起开办了我的公司。

business 英英释义

noun

1. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
   1. his business with the cane was hilarious

   Synonym:    stage businessbyplay

2. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
   1. he's not in my line of business

   Synonym:    occupationjobline of workline

3. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   1. computers are now widely used in business

   Synonym:    commercial enterprisebusiness enterprise

4. the volume of commercial activity
   1. business is good today
   2. show me where the business was today

5. a rightful concern or responsibility
   1. it's none of your business
   2. mind your own business

6. an immediate objective
   1. gossip was the main business of the evening

7. business concerns collectively
   1. Government and business could not agree

   Synonym:    business sector

8. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
   1. he bought his brother's business
   2. a small mom-and-pop business
   3. a racially integrated business concern

   Synonym:    concernbusiness concernbusiness organizationbusiness organisation

9. customers collectively
   1. they have an upper class clientele

   Synonym:    clientelepatronage