1. | [u] 商业；买卖；生意the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying goods or services for money |
business contacts/affairs/interests 商业联系╱事务╱利益；企业权益 | |
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。 |
2. | [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。 |
3. | [u] 营业额；贸易额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？ |
4. | [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. 他们做餐饮小生意。 |
5. | [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。 |
6. | [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。 |
7. | [sing] 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。 |
8. | [u] （顾客对商店的）惠顾，光顾the fact of a person or people buying goods or services at a shop/store or business |
We're grateful for your business. 感谢您光顾本店。 |
