business

n

• ① 职业,行业
  • the hotel business旅馆业
  • What business is he in?他从事什么职业?
  • His business is farming.他的职业是农耕。
  • The factory was forced out of business.那家工厂被迫停业。
  • The company went out of business.该公司停业[倒闭]了。

• ② 事务;业务;营业
  • This is a matter of business.这是业务上的事。
  • hours of business营业时间
  • a place [house] of business营业所;事务所
  • Business as usual照常营业
  • a doctor's [lawyer's] business医生[律师]的业务

• ③ 事业,商业,实业,企业
  • He is a man of business.他是个实业家。
  • After he graduated from college, he went into business.大学毕业后,他进入实业界。

• ④ [或【美】a business]交易;贸易业务上的来往力
  • Business is business.公事公办(公是公,私是私,公私要分明)。
  • How's business?生意怎么样?
  • Business is good [brisk]生意很好[兴隆]

• ⑤ 商店;工商企业等
  • He owns his own business.他拥有自己的商店[公司]。
  • He runs a grocery business.他经营一家食品杂货店。
  • He set up [opened] a travel business.他开了一家旅行社。
  • close a business关店
  • sell one's business出让商店(营业权利)
  • He has a business in London.他在伦敦有一间商店。

• ⑥ 公事,公干;待办事项(=agenda)
  • What is your business here?=What business has brought you here?你来此有何贵干?
  • the business of the day当天的待办事项[议程]
  • The main business of this meeting is ...这次的主要议程是…。

• ⑦ 任务,责任,职务,本分(=duty);[常用于否定句](干预的)权利
  • It's a teacher's business to make students learn.使学生学习是教师的职责。
  • Business before pleasure.【谚】工作先于游乐;正事要紧。
  • Everybody's business is nobody's business.【谚】众人之事无人管。
  • That's my business.这是我的(分内)事。
  • That's not [none of] your business.=That's no business of yours.那事与你无关;不干你的事;别管闲事。
  • You have no business to come [no business coming] here.你无权利到此来。

• ⑧[a business]事,事情;事件;【口】麻烦事,棘手的事,难事
  • an awkward business一件棘手[麻烦]的事
  • a strange [an odd] business一件奇事
  • What a business it is!这真是一件棘手的事!

• ⑨ 【戏剧】(演员的)动作、表情(=action)