| 单词 | business |
| 释义 | business ['bɪz.nɪs] noun SELLING 卖 ESSENTIAL countable or uncountable ■the activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work you do to earn money 商业；生意；商务；公事；商业机构；公司；商店 •My brother's in •He's in the •The two brothers established/set up/started up a clothes retailing business.兄弟俩开了家服装零售商店。 •Our firm does •Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do •Currently, there are fewer firms in •This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of •She set up in •How is business (= Are you selling much) at the moment?现在生意怎么样？ •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。 •I'm in Baltimore on •a business appointment商务会面 Common Learner Errors businessWarning: Choose the right verb!Don't say 'make business', say do business :✗ We have been making business with this company for five years.We have been doing business with this company for five years. ['bɪz.nɪs] noun MATTER 事情 IMPROVER [S or U] ■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 •These killings are a •I make it •We've got some unfinished ['bɪz.nɪs] noun THINGS YOU DO 所做的事情 ADVANCED uncountable ■the things that you do or the matters which relate only to you 事情；个人事务 •I got on with the •What she does with her life is her business.她如何生活是她自己的事。 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun be in business informal ■to be ready and able to start doing something that you planned 准备就绪 •Once we get the computer installed we'll be in business.电脑一安装好我们就可以开始了。 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun be none of sb's business ■If something is none of someone's business, they do not need to know about it, although they want to, because it does not affect them 与（某人）无关 •Stop pestering me, it's none of your business!不要再烦我，这件事与你无关！ ['bɪz.nɪs] noun be the business UK slang ■to be extremely good or skilful 出色 •That new defender is the business!那个新防守队员非常棒！ ['bɪz.nɪs] noun (It's) business as usual. saying ■said when things are continuing as they always do, despite a difficult situation （尽管情况困难）一切照常。 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun Business before pleasure. saying ■said to emphasize that you believe work is more important than entertainment and enjoyment （用于强调重要性）事业在先，享乐在后。 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun do the business informal ■to do what is wanted or needed in a situation 解决问题；把事办成 •As long as he does the business on the football field, the club is happy with him.只要他在足球场上发挥出水准，球会就对他很满意。 UK slang ■to have sex 性交，上床 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun get down to business ■to start talking about the subject to be discussed 进入主题，讨论正题 •If the introductions are over I'd like to get down to business.如果介绍完了，我想开始讨论正题。 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun have no business doing sth ■to have no right to do something 无权做… •You had no business reading my private letters.你无权看我的私人信件。 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun like nobody's business ■very quickly or very much 非常快；很多地 •He was scribbling away like nobody's business.他忙着写个不停。 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun not be in the business of ■If a person or organization is not in the business of doing something considered wrong, they do not normally do it 不做（错事） •The intelligence service is not in the business of routinely monitoring the activities of law-abiding citizens.情报机关通常不会监控守法公民的活动。 ['bɪz.nɪs] noun What a business! old-fashioned ■used to mean that something was annoying and caused a lot of trouble for you 真麻烦！ •It took ages to sort out the documentation needed to get into the country - what a business!花了好长时间才将入境所需的档整理好——真是件麻烦事！ ['bɪz.nɪs] noun Common Learner Errors businessWarning: Check your spelling!Business is one of the 50 words most often spelled wrongly by learners.Remember: the correct spelling has 's' in the middle and 'ss' at the end. |
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