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[] the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying goods or services for money 商业；买卖；生意；交易 ◆ She works in the computer business. 她做计算机生意。 ◆ She has set up in business as a hairdresser. 她已经开店当上了理发师。 ◆ He has business interests on both sides of the Atlantic. 他在大西洋两岸都有商业利益。 ◆ The prime minister addressed the audience of business leaders and economists. 首相向在座的商界领袖和经济学家发表讲话。 ◆ It's been a pleasure to do business with you.和你做生意很高兴。 ➡ commerce , trade ⨁ to go into / set up in business经商；创业 ⨁ business activities / affairs / dealings / interests 商业活动／事务／交易／利益 ⨁ a business analyst / consultant / executive / guru / leader / manager 业务分析员／顾问／主管／专家／领导／经理 ⨁ a business deal / transaction 商业买卖／交易 ⨁ a business contact / partner / relationship 业务联系／夥伴／关系 ⨁ a business idea / investment / proposition / venture 商业构思／投资／计划／投机
[] work that is part of your job 商务；公事；事务 ◆ Is your trip business or pleasure ?你这次旅行是公干还是游玩？ ◆ Mr Castorri is away on business.卡斯托瑞先生出差去了。 ◆ business travel 公务旅行 ➡ business lunch , business trip
[] the amount of work done by a company, etc.; the rate or quality of this work 营业额；贸易额；业务表现 ◆ Business was bad. 生意不好。 ◆ Business was booming. 生意兴隆。 ◆ Her job was to drum up (= increase) business.她的工作是提高营业额。 ◆ The opportunity to grow business in Europe would be slow and challenging. 扩大欧洲贸易规模的机会可能不会很快到来，而且会荆棘满途。 ⨁ business is bad / booming / brisk / slow 生意不好／兴隆／红火／增长缓慢 ⨁ to drum up / grow / increase business提高／增加／提高营业额 ⨁ to attract / encourage / generate / seek / win new business吸引／鼓励／创造／寻找／赢得新的生意
[] a commercial organization such as a company, shop/store or factory 商业机构 ◆ They run their own catering business. 他们经营自己的餐饮店铺。 ◆ She didn't want to work in the family business. 她不想在家族企业工作。 ◆ It has taken ten years to build up the business to its current size. 将企业建成现在的规模花了十年的时间。 ◆ business premises 商务场址 ➡ see note attrade ⨁ to have / manage / run / set up / start a business拥有／管理／经营／建立／开办企业 ⨁ to build up / expand / grow a business建立／扩大／扩大企业
[] important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed （需要处理或讨论的）重要事情 ◆ the main business of the meeting 会议的主要议题 ➡ any other business
[] the fact of being a customer 消费 ◆ We're grateful for your business. 感谢您光顾本店。 SYN custom
[] something that concerns a particular person or organization 职责；责任 ◆ She made it her business to improve the general atmosphere in the office.她亲自改善办公室的总体气氛。
to be operating as a business 经营 ◆ The loan will help the company remain in business. 这笔贷款将有助公司继续经营。
to have everything that you need in order to be able to start sth immediately 准备就绪 ◆ All we need is a van and we'll be in business. 我们所需要的只是一辆客货车，然後我们就准备妥当了。