business
n
1 [C, U] one's usual occupation; profession 日常工作; 職業
He tries not to let (his) business interfere with his home life. 他盡量不讓日常工作妨礙他的家庭生活.
2 [U]
(a) buying and selling (esp as a profession); commerce; trade 買賣(尤指作為職業); 商業; 貿易
We don't do (much) business with foreign companies. 我們跟外國公司沒有(多少)生意來往.
He's in (ie works in) the oil business. 他做油類生意.
She has set up in business as a bookseller. 她已創業成為書商.
He wants to be a doctor or go into business. 他想當醫生或者經商.
[attrib 作定語]
a business trip 商務之行
a business lunch 商務午餐
business sense, ie knowledge of commercial procedures 商業知識.
(b) volume or rate of buying and selling 成交額; 成交率
Business is always brisk before Christmas. 圣誕節前生意總是很興隆.
3 [C] commercial establishment; firm; shop 商業機構; 公司; 商店
have/own one's own business 有自己的商行
She runs a thriving grocery business. 她經營著一家生意興隆的食品雜貨店.
Many small businesses have gone bankrupt recently. 近來有許多小商店倒閉.
4 [U] thing that one is rightly concerned with or interested in; duty; task 理應關心的事; 職責; 任務
It is the business of the police to protect the community. 保障社會的安全是警察的職責.
I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible. 我要查出是誰的責任.
My private life is none of your business/is no business of yours. 我的私生活與你毫不相干.
5 [U] things that need to be dealt with; matters to be discussed 需要處理的事; 所討論的問題
The main business of this meeting is our wages claim. 這次會議的主要議題是我們在工資方面的要求.
Unless there is any other business, we can end the meeting. 如果沒有別的事情, 我們的會議可以結束了.
6 [sing] (often derog 常作貶義) matter; affair 事情; 事務; 勾當
an odd, a strange, a disturbing, etc business 怪事、奇事、亂事等
What a business it is moving house! 搬家這件事真夠受的!
I'm sick of the whole business. 我覺得整件事都很討厭.
That plane crash was an awful business. 那架飛機墜毀了, 真是件
?? 考研助記
在公共汽車(bus)里面(in)一只鵝(e)和兩條蛇(ss)正在做 生意
?? 擴展釋義
*['biznis]n. 生意, 事情, 業務, 商業, 商行, 職責【經】 企業, 商業, 營業相關詞組: on business have no business to do go into business go out of business know one's business
?? 同為「初中」詞匯
ironn. 鐵器,鐵制品;熨斗,烙鐵;堅強;腳鐐;
adj. 鐵制的,含鐵的;堅強的,頑強的;殘酷的;堅忍不拔的;
vt. 熨燙;給…上腳鐐手銬;給…裝鐵具;用鐵鑄成;
vi. 熨衣;(衣服等)被燙平;
fablen. 寓言,童話;傳說;無稽之談;人人談論的話題;
v. 講故事,編寓言;虛構,杜撰;煞有介事地講;
assistn. 幫助;援助;機器助手;輔助裝置;
vt. 幫助;援助;幫助某人做某事;攙扶(某人)上下車;
vi. 援助;出席;參加;