business
n. 生意, 事情, 业务, 商业, 商行, 职责 [经] 企业, 商业, 营业
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教材释义与例句
商业；[贸易] 生意；[贸易] 交易；事情
the activity of making money by producing or buying and selling goods, or providing services
Students on the course learn about all aspects of business.
这门课程的学生要学习商业活动的各个方面。
Carl began in the music business by running a recording studio.
卡尔是从经营录音棚开始干音乐这一行的。
We do business with a number of Italian companies.
我们和一些意大利公司做生意。
He has a wide range of business interests.
他的生意面很广。
释义与例句
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1.
A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
事业
企业
可数 不可数I left my father's business.
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2.
A person's occupation, work, or trade.
商业
可数 不可数He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
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3.
Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
买卖
不可数 可数He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
We do business all over the world.
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4.
The volume or amount of commercial trade.
不可数 可数Business has been slow lately.
They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.
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5.
One's dealings; patronage.
不可数 可数I shall take my business elsewhere.
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6.
Private commercial interests taken collectively.
不可数 可数This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
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7.
The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
不可数 可数I studied business at Harvard.
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8.
A particular situation or activity.
可数 不可数This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
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9.
Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
可数 不可数Our principal business here is to get drunk.
Let's get down to business.
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10.
Something involving one personally.
不可数 可数That's none of your business.
My work is no business of yours.
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Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
不可数 政治 可数If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.
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Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
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Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
可数 不可数 媒体 艺术 -
14.
Hollywood, the entertainment industry.
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15.
Prostitution.
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16.
The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
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17.
Something very good; top quality.
可数 俚语 不可数These new phones are the business!
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18.
The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
俚语 不可数 可数Your ferret left his business all over the floor.
As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.
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Disruptive shenanigans.
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Matters.
可数 不可数sorry business
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Of, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone.
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2.
Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
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3.
Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
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From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy + -ness. Doublet of busyness. Sense 17 (something very good, top quality), possibly derives from "the bee's knees"
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