[] 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 at trade ⨁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。SYNcustom
[] 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。
●business as ˈusuala way of saying that things will continue as normal in spite of a difficult situation (尽管处境艰难)一切照常◆We're under new management, but it's business as usual for our workers. 我们的管理层发生了变动,但是对我们的工人来说一切照旧。●ˌbusiness is ˈbusinessa way of saying that financial and commercial matters are the important things to consider and you should not be influenced by friendship, etc. 公事公办●get down to ˈbusinessto start dealing with the matter that needs to be dealt with, or doing the work that needs to be done 着手处理正事;认真着手工作●go/put sb out of ˈbusinessto stop or to make sb stop operating as a business because there is no more money or work available 停业;歇业◆The new regulations will put many small firms out of business. 新法规将使许多小公司倒闭。➡ see note at bankrupt ● in ˈbusiness
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。
➡ idiom at land office , order nounany other business big business e-business first order of business organizing business small business volume business