英汉词典

business 基本解释

• n. 商业；[贸易] 生意；[贸易] 交易；事情

business 词态变化

business 中文词源

busy的名词形式。

business 英文词源

business (n.)

Old English bisignes (Northumbrian) "care, anxiety, occupation," from bisig "careful, anxious, busy, occupied, diligent" (see busy (adj.)) + -ness. Middle English sense of "state of being much occupied or engaged" (mid-14c.) is obsolete, replaced by busyness.

Sense of "a person's work, occupation" is first recorded late 14c. (in late Old English bisig (adj.) appears as a noun with the sense "occupation, state of employment"). Meaning "what one is about at the moment" is from 1590s. Sense of "trade, commercial engagements" is first attested 1727. In 17c. it also could mean "sexual intercourse." Modern two-syllable pronunciation is 17c.

Business card first attested 1840; business letter from 1766. Business end "the practical or effective part" (of something) is American English, by 1874. Phrase business as usual attested from 1865. To mean business "be intent on serious action" is from 1856. To mind (one's) own business is from 1620s. Johnson's dictionary also has busiless "At leisure; without business; unemployed."

business 词组搭配

business 英文释义

1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;

"he bought his brother's business"

"a small mom-and-pop business"

"a racially integrated business concern"

2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects;

"computers are now widely used in business"

3. business concerns collectively;

"Government and business could not agree"

4. the volume of business activity;

"business is good today"

"show me where the business was today"

5. a rightful concern or responsibility;

"it's none of your business"

"mind your own business"

6. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;

"he's not in my line of business"

7. an immediate objective;

"gossip was the main business of the evening"

8. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect;

"his business with the cane was hilarious"

9. customers collectively;

"they have an upper class clientele"

business 同义词解析

affair, business, matter, concern, thing

这些名词均含"事情"之意。

affair：含义较广，侧重指已发生或必须去做的任何事情或事务。复数形式多指重大或较复杂的事务。

business：通常指较重要或较难而又必须承担的事情，也可指商事。

matter：普通用词，着重指一件考虑中的或需要处理的事。

concern：往往强调与个人或团体利害有直接或重大关系的事。

thing：用作"事情"解时，词义较笼统、含糊，多用于指不很具体的事。

business, commerce, trade, bargain, deal

这些名词均含"贸易，交易"之意。

business： 指包括售货、购货、换货在内的综合商业活动，方式可以是批发或零售。

commerce： 多指大规模的买卖或易货关系。

trade： 普通用词，含义广。既可指某种具体的商业又可指广泛的贸易。

bargain： 多指买卖双方通过谈判、协商就商品质量、数量、价格等项达成协议所成的生意。

deal： 口语用词，指买卖双方经过交涉达成协议成交。

business 双语例句

1. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.

很可能他已经告诉他们自己拥有美国商业利益.

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2. He mixed business and pleasure in a perfect and dynamic way.

他以互动的方式将工作和娱乐完美地结合起来。

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3. The Jamaica Festival is planning a series of workshops and business seminars.

牙买加节正在筹划一系列研习班和商务研讨会。

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4. He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.

中午跟那帮生意上的朋友喝完酒后，他回来了。

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5. They had alienated the one man who knew the business.

他们弄僵了同那个唯一懂行的人之间的关系。

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business 实用场景例句

When you watch him in training, you realise that this lad is the business.

当你观看他训练时，你就会意识到这个小伙子是最棒的。

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Thousands of firms could go out of business.

成千上万个企业可能破产。

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We are not in the business of subsidising scroungers.

我们是不会资助那些乞丐的。

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She made it her business to find out.

她决定要查明真相。

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I asked Laura what was wrong and she told me to mind my own business.

我问劳拉发生了什么事，她让我少管闲事。

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Now people are starting to realise that he means business.

人们现在才开始明白他不是在开玩笑。

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If she doesn't want the police involved, that's her business...

如果她不想让警方介入，那是她自己的事。

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We have sorted out this wretched business at last...

我们最终还是把这件破事儿理顺了。

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This whole business is very puzzling.

这件事从头到尾都很让人费解。

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Coastal defence is a costly business...

海防事务很耗费资财。

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Parenting can be a stressful business.

为人父母会是一件压力很大的事。

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I was fascinated by the different people who did business with me.

我对那些跟我做生意的形形色色的人非常感兴趣。

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Really I had no business to be there at all.

真的，我根本没有道理呆在那里。

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You can't stay in business without cash.

没有现金，你无法运营。

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All you need is a microphone, and you're in business.

再来一只麦克风，你就万事俱备了。

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...the music business.

音乐界

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...recording Ben as he goes about his business...

录下本在处理事务时的镜头片断

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There was nothing left for the teams to do but get on with the business of racing.

这些队除了继续参加赛跑比赛，没有什么别的事可做。

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The most important business was left to the last...

最重要的事留到最后来解决。

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I've got some unfinished business to attend to.

我还有一些未完的事要处理。

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My sex life is my business...

我的性生活是我自己的事。

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May I ask you what business you're in?

我可否问问你是做什么工作的？

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...young people seeking a career in business...

涉足商界的年轻人

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Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background.

珍妮弗有着让人印象深刻的学术和商务背景。

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They worried that German companies would lose business...

他们担心德国公司的业务量会下滑。

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Business is booming.

生意蒸蒸日上。

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The company was a family business...

这家公司是个家族企业。

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The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months...

大多数小企业在开张后的24个月内就倒闭了。

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I'm here on business...

我到这儿来办公事。

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You can't mix business with pleasure.

你不能把工作和娱乐搅在一起。

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