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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- business
['bɪznɪs]
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1.
noun
[u/s]
(matter，question) 事情
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I've some important business to discuss.
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我有重要事情要进行讨论。
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2.
noun
[c]
(firm) 公司
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a small business
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一家小公司
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3.
noun
[u]
(occupation) 商业
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a career in business
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从商生涯
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4.
noun
[u]
(trade) 生意
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Companies would lose business.
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公司生意将下滑。
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to be away on business
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出差
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he's in the insurance/transport business
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他在做保险/运输业务
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to do business with sb
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和某人做生意
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to go out of business
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破产
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to get down to business
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开始干正事
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to make it one's business to do sth
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主动承担办某事
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he means business
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[inf] 他是认真的
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to have no business doing sth
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无权做某事
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it's none of your business
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别多管闲事
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that's my business
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那是我自己的事
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- business
[ˈbɪznɪs]
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1.
n.[c]
公司，企业；商人
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Running a store can be like running your own business.
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经营一家商店可能就像开设你自己的公司。
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He bought his brother's business.
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他收购了他哥哥的公司。
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2.
n.[c]
商业，生意，交易
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The PC is the most widespread type of computer in small businesses.
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这种 PC 机是在小型企业中使用最广泛的一款。
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Computers are now widely used in business.
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目前计算机广泛应用于商业中。
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3.
n.[c]
职业，工作
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You'll have gathered from the main areas of our website that our business is property.
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你能从我们网站的主页上了解到，我们的营业范围主要是物业管理。
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He's not in my line of business.
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他不属于我的业务线。
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4.
n.[u]
责任，职责
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Good health is everyone's business.
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保持身体健康是每个人的事业。
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It's none of your business.
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不关你的事！
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Mind your own business.
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管好你自己的事！（少管闲事）
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5.
n.[u]
事务，活动，目标
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If there is no business for a meeting it shall be cancelled.
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如果会议没有具体事务要谈，它就应当被取消。
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Gossip was the main business of the evening.
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晚上的主要活动就是闲谈。
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6.
n.[u]
营业额，成交额，成交率
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When business was good, the brewery employed 20 people.
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在生意好的时候，这家酿造厂曾经雇佣过20人。
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Show me where the business was today.
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告诉我今天生意如何。
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Business is good today.
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今天的生意不错。
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7.
n.[c]
商业机构
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British business has a vested interest in the Soviet Union's economic renaissance.
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英国业界在苏联经济复苏方面有既得利益。
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Government and business could not agree.
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政府和工商业无法达成共识。
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8.
n.[c]
顾客，客户
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They attract an interesting business to their restaurant.
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他们的餐馆吸引了一群很有意思的顾客。
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9.
n.[u]
演员的动作，演员的表情
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His business with the cane was hilarious.
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他拿藤条所做的即兴表演很出彩。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- business
['bɪznɪs]
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1.
n
[theatre]
stage business an incidental action, such as lighting a pipe, performed by an actor for dramatic effect
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2.
n
a trade or profession
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3.
n
an industrial, commercial, or professional operation; purchase and sale of goods and services
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the tailoring business
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4.
n
a commercial or industrial establishment, such as a firm or factory
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5.
n
commercial activity; dealings (esp in the phrase do business)
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6.
n
volume or quantity of commercial activity
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business is poor today
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7.
n
commercial policy or procedure
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overcharging is bad business
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8.
n
proper or rightful concern or responsibility (often in the phrase mind one's own business)
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9.
n
a special task; assignment
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10.
n
a matter or matters to be attended to
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the business of the meeting
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11.
n
an affair; matter
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a queer business
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I'm tired of the whole business
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12.
n
serious work or activity
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get down to business
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13.
n
a complicated affair; rigmarole
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14.
n
[Spoken]
a vaguely defined collection or area
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jets, fast cars, and all that business
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15.
n
a group of ferrets
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16.
n
a euphemistic word for defecation
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do one's business
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17.
n
a slang word for prostitution
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18.
n
[Etymology]
Old English bisignis solicitude, attentiveness, from bisig busy + -nis -ness
Examples
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Go about your business.
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去你的吧！(或：少管闲事！)
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He kept the business afloat.
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他应付自如地经营生意。
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The stock market is a barometer of business.
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证券市场是商业的晴雨表。
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to build up business
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创办事业
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a business company
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为组织商行而合伙的一群人
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