business
英
/ˈbɪznəs/
美
/ˈbɪznəs/
n.
商业;买卖;生意;商务;公事;营业额;贸易额;营业状况;商业机构;归（某人或某机构）管的事;重要事情，要点;事情
复数： businesses
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noun
贸易 trade
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[U] 商业；买卖；生意
the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying goods or services for money
同义词： commerce, trade
business contacts/affairs/interests
商业联系 / 事务 / 利益
a business investment
商业投资
It's been a pleasure to do business with you.
和你做买卖很愉快。
She has set up in business as a hairdresser.
她已经开店当理发师。
When he left school, he went into business with his brother.
他毕业后和他哥哥去经商了。
She works in the computer business.
她从事电脑业。
see also agribusiness, big business, show business
工作 work
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[U] 商务；公事
work that is part of your job
Is the trip to Rome business or pleasure ?
这次去罗马是公干还是游玩？
a business lunch
商务午餐
He's away on business .
他出差去了。
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[U] 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
Business was bad.
生意不景气。
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。
How's business?
生意如何？
公司 company
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[C] 商业机构；企业；公司；商店；工厂
a commercial organization such as a company, shop/store or factory
to have/start/run a business
拥有 / 开办 / 经营企业
business premises
商务场址
She works in the family business.
她在家族的企业工作。
They've got a small catering business.
他们从事小规模的酒席承办业务。
职责 responsibility
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[U] 归（某人或某机构）管的事；职责
something that concerns a particular person or organization
It is the business of the police to protect the community.
警察的职责是保护社会。
I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible.
我要亲自查出是谁的责任。
My private life is none of your business (= does not concern you) .
我的私生活与你无关。
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
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[U] （需要处理或讨论的）重要事情，要点
important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed
the main business of the meeting
会议的主要议题
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
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[sing.] (usually with an adjective 通常与形容词连用) 事情；事件；状况
a matter, an event or a situation
That plane crash was a terrible business.
那次飞机坠毁是十分可怕的事。
I found the whole business very depressing.
我觉得整件事令人沮丧。
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
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[U] (especially NAmE)
= custom(3)
We're grateful for your business.
感谢您的光顾。
习语
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
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？
see also AOB
be in business
(informal) 准备就绪
to have everything that you need in order to be able to start sth immediately
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
(informal) 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
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
You have no business being here.
你无权待在这里。
like nobody's business
(BrE, informal) 非常；很多；很快；很好
very much, very fast, very well, etc.
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)
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
The new regulations will put many small businesses out of business .
新法规将使很多小企业关闭。
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
(informal) 是认真的；说话算数
to be serious in your intentions
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
(informal) 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
‘What are you reading?’ ‘Mind your own business!’
“你在读什么呢？”“少管闲事！”
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
(BrE) 招徕顾客；等生意
to look for customers, passengers, etc. in order to do business
taxis plying for hire outside the theatre
在剧院外招揽乘客的出租车
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business
频次
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N-UNCOUNT 商业；买卖；交易；生意
Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
...young people seeking a career in business...
涉足商界的年轻人
2
N-UNCOUNT 业务量；营业额
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.
They worried that German companies would lose business...
他们担心德国公司的业务量会下滑。
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N-COUNT 工商企业；公司；商店；商铺
A business is an organization which produces and sells goods or which provides a service.
The company was a family business...
这家公司是个家族企业。
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N-UNCOUNT 任务；职责；工作
Business is work or some other activity that you do as part of your job and not for pleasure.
I'm here on business...
我到这儿来办公事。
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N-SING 行业；（某一领域的）工作
You can use business to refer to a particular area of work or activity in which the aim is to make a profit.
May I ask you what business you're in?
我可否问问你是做什么工作的？
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N-SING 眼前所做之事；手头的事
You can use business to refer to something that you are doing or concerning yourself with.
...recording Ben as he goes about his business...
录下本在处理事务时的镜头片断
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N-UNCOUNT （需要处理的）重要事情，要点
You can use business to refer to important matters that you have to deal with.
The most important business was left to the last...
最重要的事留到最后来解决。
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N-UNCOUNT 个人的事；私事
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.
My sex life is my business...
我的性生活是我自己的事。
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N-SING 事件；情况；活动
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'.
We have sorted out this wretched business at last...
我们最终还是把这件破事儿理顺了。
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N-SING （令人不快或耗费钱财的）活儿，事情
You can use business when describing a task that is unpleasant in some way. For example, if you say that doing something is a costly business, you mean that it costs a lot.
Coastal defence is a costly business...
海防事务很耗费资财。
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See also: big business; show business
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PHR-RECIP 做买卖；做生意
If two people or companies do business with each other, one sells goods or services to the other.
I was fascinated by the different people who did business with me.
我对那些跟我做生意的形形色色的人非常感兴趣。
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PHRASE 无权；没有理由
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.
Really I had no business to be there at all.
真的，我根本没有道理呆在那里。
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PHRASE 在经营中
A company that is in business is operating and trading.
You can't stay in business without cash.
没有现金，你无法运营。
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PHRASE 万事俱备
If you say you are in business, you mean you have everything you need to start something immediately.
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。
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PHRASE 当真的；严肃的
If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
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。
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PHRASE 没你的事；少管闲事
If you say to someone 'mind your own business' or 'it's none of your business', you are rudely telling them not to ask about something that does not concern them.
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。
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PHRASE 决定做
If you make it your business to do something, you decide to do it, because you are interested in it or because you want to find out something.
She made it her business to find out.
她决定要查明真相。
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PHRASE 是不会（做）…的；才不会（做）
If you say that you are not in the business of doing something, you are emphasizing that you do not do it, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that someone thinks you do.
We are not in the business of subsidising scroungers.
我们是不会资助那些乞丐的。
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PHRASE 停业；破产
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.
Thousands of firms could go out of business.
成千上万个企业可能破产。
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PHRASE 同类中最好的
If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
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。
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PHRASE 一切如常；处之泰然
In a difficult situation, if you say it is business as usual, you mean that people will continue doing what they normally do.
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。
英英释义
noun
1
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
his business with the cane was hilarious
Synonym:
stage businessbyplay
2
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
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
computers are now widely used in business
Synonym:
commercial enterprisebusiness enterprise
4
the volume of commercial activity
business is good today
show me where the business was today
5
a rightful concern or responsibility
it's none of your business
mind your own business
6
an immediate objective
gossip was the main business of the evening
7
business concerns collectively
Government and business could not agree
Synonym:
business sector
8
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
he bought his brother's business
a small mom-and-pop business
a racially integrated business concern
Synonym:
concernbusiness concernbusiness organizationbusiness organisation
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customers collectively
they have an upper class clientele
Synonym:
clientelepatronage
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双语例句
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Any business venture contains an element of risk.
任何商业投资都包含一定的风险因素。
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In the business world, entropy rules.
在商业世界中，无序状态主宰一切。
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It's the software of choice for business use.
这是商务专用软件。
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They haven't yet put a price on the business.
他们还没有给这笔生意开价。
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The new regulations will put many small businesses out of business.
新法规将使很多小企业关闭。
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Is this a social visit, or is it business?
这是社交性的拜访，还是业务性的？
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She may need your help with some business matters.
她也许需要你帮助处理一些业务方面的事情。
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She made it her business to find out who was responsible.
她一定要查清楚到底该谁负责。
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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。
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I'd like to put a business proposition to you.
我想向您提个业务上的建议。
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People like us are small fry to such a large business.
对于这样一家大公司来说，我们这样的人不过是小鱼小虾。
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He has no idea how to run a business.
他丝毫不懂企业管理。
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He built up the business over a period of ten years.
他用了十年时间把这个企业创建起来。
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You have no business being here.
你无权待在这里。
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It was not a propitious time to start a new business.
那不是营业开张的吉时佳日。
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The government is planning to give more help to small businesses.
政府正计划给予小企业更多帮助。
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He is well on his way to show business immortality.
他很快就会成为娱乐界永世流芳的人物。
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You have to know how to handle yourself in this business.
你必须知道在这件事上如何把握自己。
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There is a growing need for qualified teachers of Business English.
对合格的商务英语教师的需求日益增长。
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Let's get down to business.
咱们开始干正事吧。
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How is the business doing?
生意好吗？
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Most of their economic policies serve the interests of big business.
他们的经济政策多半符合大企业的利益。
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March is one of the peak periods for our business.
三月是我们公司业务最繁忙的时期之一。
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The court case will do serious harm to my business.
这起诉讼案件将严重损害我的生意。
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It would take a miracle to make this business profitable.
让这个公司赢利简直是天方夜谭。
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We have the expertise to help you run your business.
我们有帮助你经营自己业务的专门知识。
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In this business, either you've got it or you haven't.
在这件事上，你不是成功了就是失败了。
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We've expanded the business by opening two more stores.
我们增开了两个商店以扩展业务。
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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。
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She's only 21 and she runs her own business.
她只有21岁就经营起自己的企业了。
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词语用例
词语搭配习语
business与以下词性连用
adj.
business casual
商务休闲
your own business
自己的生意（或事务）
family business
家族企业
online business
网上企业
small business
小企业
unfinished business
未完成的事
n.
close of business
停止营业
business opportunity
商业机会
business school
商学院
business administration
经营管理
business decision
经营决策
business expenses
营业费用
business hours
营业时间
business owner
企业主
business partner
生意伙伴
business practices
商务惯例
v.
run a business
运营企业
go out of business
歇业
同反义词
同义词
n.
companycorporationfirmorganization
同义词辨析
matter affair business concern thing 【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。
〔例证〕
This is a serious matter that you need to concentrate on.
这件事很严重，你需要集中精力解决。
This is a matter for the manager to decide.
这是该由经理决定的事。
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。
〔例证〕
Who first reported the Watergate affair?
谁最先报道了水门事件？
The wedding was a very grand affair.
婚礼场面非常隆重。
〔小贴士〕
affairs 表示公共或政治事务、活动，也可指私事。
She is interested in public affairs.
她对公共事务感兴趣。
Don't keep asking about my financial affairs.
不要总是打听我的财务问题。
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。
〔例证〕
Let's get down to the unfinished business.
我们来处理尚未了结的事务吧。
My family life is my personal business.
我的家庭生活是我的私事。
He regarded homework as serious business.
他把作业当作重要的事。
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。
〔例证〕
What is a mother's main concern?
当妈妈的最关心什么？
How to control inflation has become a major concern for consumers.
如何控制通货膨胀已成为消费者关注的重要问题。
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。
〔例证〕
That strange thing worried him a lot.
那件奇怪的事情让他十分不安。
The first thing to do is to improve their working conditions.
首要的事是改善他们的工作环境。
trade business commerce 【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。
〔例证〕
the arms trade
军火交易
international trade agreements
国际贸易协定
The jewellery firm is just a cover for its illegal trade in diamonds.
这家珠宝公司不过是进行非法钻石交易的幌子。
Trade helps industry to develop.
贸易促进工业发展。
The volume of trade with Germany has increased.
与德国的贸易额增加了。
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。
〔例证〕
Business is always brisk before Christmas.
圣诞节前生意总是很兴隆。
She has set up in business as a bookseller.
她已创业成为书商。
I entered into partnership with him to start an export business.
我与他合伙开始做出口生意。
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。
〔例证〕
Banks are the nerves of commerce.
银行是商业的中枢。
New measures have been adopted to promote local industry and commerce.
已采取新措施促进地方工商业发展。
The country has been trying to broaden its commerce with other nations.
该国一直在努力扩大与其他国家的贸易往来。
