business
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services. 商业
Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background. 詹妮弗有着了不起的学术和商业背景。
...Harvard Business School. …哈佛商学院。
2. N-UNCOUNT Business is used when talking about how many products or services a company is able to sell. If business is good, a lot of products or services are being sold and if business is bad, few of them are being sold. 生意
They worried that German companies would lose business. 他们担心德国公司会失去生意。
3. N-COUNT A business is an organization that produces and sells goods or that provides a service. 企业
The company was a family business. 这家公司是一个家族企业。
The majority of small businesses fail within the first twenty-four months. 大多数小企业在最初的两年内倒闭。
4. N-UNCOUNT Business is work or some other activity that you do as part of your job and not for pleasure. 工作
I'm here on business. 我在这里出差。
You can't mix business with pleasure. 你不能把工作和娱乐混在一起。
5. N-SING You can use business to refer to a particular area of work or activity in which the aim is to make a profit. 行业
May I ask you what business you're in?
您能告诉我您从事哪个行业吗?
6. N-SING You can use business to refer to something that you are doing or concerning yourself with. 事务
...recording Ben as he goes about his business. …摄录本做自己的事的样子。
7. N-UNCOUNT You can use business to refer to important matters that you have to deal with. 要事
The most important business was left to the last. 最重要的事留到最后做。
8. N-UNCOUNT If you say that something is your business, you mean that it concerns you personally and that other people have no right to ask questions about it or disagree with it. 私事[poss N]
My sex life is my business. 我的性生活是我的私事。
If she doesn't want the police involved, that's her business. 如果她不想让警察牵扯进来,那是她自己的事。
9. N-SING You can use business to refer in a general way to an event, situation, or activity. For example, you can say something is "a wretched business" or you can refer to "this assassination business." 事件
We have sorted out this wretched business at last. 我们终于处理了这起恶劣的事件。
10. →see also big business , show business
11. PHRASE If two people or companies do business with each other, one sells goods or services to the other. 做生意
I was fascinated by the different people who did business with me. 我对跟我做生意的各种不同的人感到着迷。
12. PHRASE If you say that someone has no business to be in a place or to do something, you mean that they have no right to be there or to do it. 无权
Really I had no business to be there at all. 其实我根本无权在那儿。
13. PHRASE A company that is in business is operating and trading. 运行
You can't stay in business without cash. 没有现金你无法继续营业。
14. PHRASE If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money. 停业
Thousands of firms could go out of business. 数千家商号可能倒闭。
15. PHRASE In a difficult situation, if you say it is business as usual, you mean that people will continue doing what they normally do. 一切照常
For the time being it's business as usual for consumers. 对于消费者来说暂时一切照常。
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business /ˈbɪznɪs/ (businesses)
剑桥词典
- Many things make it difficult for women to reach the top in US business.
- The way to be successful in business is always to stay one jump ahead of your competitors .
- What can European companies learn from Japanese business practices ?
- She runs her own printing business.
- They put a lot of money into the family business.
- The advertising world can be a very cut-throat business.
- It was a ghastly business all round.
- If you try any funny business you'll be sorry .
- Eating spaghetti can be a messy business.
- I was more than a little curious about the whole business.
- In spite of last night's terrorist attack , most people seem to be going about their business as if nothing had happened .
- "Where have you been?" "Mind your own business!"
- I was just motoring along, minding my own business, when suddenly I was stopped by the police .
- How you choose to conduct your private life is your own business!
- He's an interfering old busybody - who I go out with is none of his business!
business noun (SELLING)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the activity of buying and selling goods and services
买卖(货品或服务)
My brother's in business. 我哥哥经商。
He's in the frozen food business. 他做冷冻食品生意。
Our firm does a lot of business with overseas customers . 我们公司与海外客户的生意往来很多。
Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do business with (= with whom they could work well). 最后他们找到了一个他们觉得可以与其愉快合作的顾问。
Currently, there are fewer firms in business (= operating ) in the area than ever before. 目前在该地区经营的公司比以往任何时候都少。
This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of business (= they will stop operating ). 这项新的税收将导致许多小企业倒闭。
She set up in business (= started her own company ) as a management consultant . 她自己开办公司提供管理咨询服务。
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business noun (COMPANY)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a particular company that buys and sells goods and services
公司;商业机构
The two brothers established /set up/started up a clothes retailing business. 兄弟俩开了家服装零售商店。
She runs her own printing business. 她经营自己的印刷公司。
They put a lot of money into the family business. 他们向家族公司投入了许多金钱。
business noun (WORK)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]work that you do to earn money
商务活动
I'm in Baltimore on business. 我在巴尔的摩出差。
a business appointment 商务会面
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]
the amount of work done or the number of goods or services sold by a company or organization
生意
Business is good/brisk /booming /flourishing (= I'm selling a lot). 生意兴隆。
Business is bad /slack /quiet (= I'm not selling much). 生意清淡。
How is business (= are you selling much) at the moment ? 现在生意怎么样?
business noun (MATTER)
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]a situation or activity , often one that you are giving your opinion about
状况;事,事情;事务;重要事件
Arranging a trip abroad is a time-consuming business. 筹划一趟出国旅行是件很费时的事。
These killings are a horrible business. 这些谋杀是非常可怕的事。
I make it my business (= I feel it is my particular duty ) to check the monthly accounts . 我觉得核查每月账目是我的责任。
We have some unfinished business to discuss (= we still have something important to discuss ). 我们还有一些未了结的事务需要讨论。
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business noun (THINGS YOU DO)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the things that you do or the matters that relate only to you
个人事务
I started on the business of filling out the form . 我开始填表格。
What she does with her life is her business. 她如何生活是她自己的事。
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习语
be in businessbe none of sb's business
be the business
(it's) business as usual
business before pleasure
do the business
get down to business
have no business doing sth
like nobody's business
not be in the business of sth
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