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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

business ['bɪznɪs]
  1. 1. noun [u/s] (matter, question) 事情
    I've some important business to discuss.
    我有重要事情要进行讨论。
  2. 2. noun [c] (firm) 公司
    a small business
    一家小公司
  3. 3. noun [u] (occupation) 商业
    a career in business
    从商生涯
  4. 4. noun [u] (trade) 生意
    Companies would lose business.
    公司生意将下滑。
    to be away on business
    出差
    he's in the insurance/transport business
    他在做保险/运输业务
    to do business with sb
    和某人做生意
    to go out of business
    破产
    to get down to business
    开始干正事
    to make it one's business to do sth
    主动承担办某事
    he means business
    [inf] 他是认真的
    to have no business doing sth
    无权做某事
    it's none of your business
    别多管闲事
    that's my business
    那是我自己的事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

business [ 'bɪznɪs] [ 'bɪznɪs]
  1. 1. noun 商业，生意，营业，交易
    If you want to go into the restaurant business, I'd suggest learning the ropes first.
    如果你想进入餐饮业，最好先掌握其中的窍门。
    Every country has its own regulations for running an import-export business.
    每个国家对进出口行业都有自己的法律法规。
  2. 2. noun 商店，商行；企业；工厂
  3. 3. noun 工作，职业，行业；事，事情，事务
    People are always really interested to know what business I'm in.
    人们总是很好奇我到底是干哪行的。
    the business of packing for a trip
    准备行装之事
  4. 4. noun 任务，职责
    Why don't we meet up later in the day since I have some business to attend to right now.
    我们今天晚些时候再碰面吧，我现在要处理些事情。
  5. 5. noun 应关心（或应承担责任）的事情
    No one's business but his own.
    不是别人而是他自己的责任。
    Why is it any of your business what I do in the privacy of my own home?
    我在自己家里，在我的私人空间里做什么关你什么事？
    She is such a nosy girl, always minding other people's business instead of paying attention to her own work.
    她真是好管闲事，自己的事还没管好呢就来管别人的。
  6. 6. noun [theater] （在对白中为了效果而做的）动作
  7. 7. noun 买卖，顾客的光顾
  8. 8. noun 经商作法（或政策）
  9. 9. adjective （为）商业的

Collins English-English Dictionary

business ['bɪznɪs]
  1. 1. n a trade or profession
  2. 2. n [theatre] stage business an incidental action, such as lighting a pipe, performed by an actor for dramatic effect
  3. 3. n an industrial, commercial, or professional operation; purchase and sale of goods and services
    the tailoring business
  4. 4. n a commercial or industrial establishment, such as a firm or factory
  5. 5. n commercial activity; dealings (esp in the phrase do business)
  6. 6. n volume or quantity of commercial activity
    business is poor today
  7. 7. n commercial policy or procedure
    overcharging is bad business
  8. 8. n proper or rightful concern or responsibility (often in the phrase mind one's own business)
  9. 9. n a special task; assignment
  10. 10. n a matter or matters to be attended to
    the business of the meeting
  11. 11. n an affair; matter
    a queer business
    I'm tired of the whole business
  12. 12. n serious work or activity
    get down to business
  13. 13. n a complicated affair; rigmarole
  14. 14. n [informal] a vaguely defined collection or area
    jets, fast cars, and all that business
  15. 15. n a group of ferrets
  16. 16. n a euphemistic word for defecation
    do one's business
  17. 17. n a slang word for prostitution
  18. 18. n [Etymology] Old English bisignis solicitude, attentiveness, from bisig busy + -nis -ness
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Examples

We asked business developers to put up an alternative business plan.
我们要求业务拓展人员再提交一份商业计划书，以供备选。 → alternative
Go about your business.
去你的吧!(或：少管闲事!) → about
He kept the business afloat.
他应付自如地经营生意。 → afloat
The stock market is a barometer of business.
证券市场是商业的晴雨表。 → barometer
Business boomed.
生意兴隆。 → boom
to build up business
创办事业 → build
the business of packing for a trip
准备行装之事 → business
a business company
为组织商行而合伙的一群人 → company
Conditions were favorable for business.
形势对生意有利。 → condition
Their business crashed.
他们的商行破产了。 → crash
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