business是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the activity of buying and selling goods and services -- 買賣（貨品或服務）

  • My brother's in business. 我哥哥經商。

  • He's in the frozen food business. 他做冷凍食品生意。

  • Our firm does a lot of business with overseas customers. 我們公司與海外客戶的生意往來很多。

  • Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do business with (= with whom they could work well). 最後他們找到了一個他們覺得可以與其愉快合作的顧問。

  • Currently, there are fewer firms in business (= operating) in the area than ever before. 目前在該地區經營的公司比以往任何時候都少。

  • This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of business (= they will stop operating). 這項新的稅收將導致許多小企業倒閉。

  • She set up in business (= started her own company) as a management consultant. 她自己開辦公司提供管理諮詢服務。

• 1 a particular company that buys and sells goods and services -- 公司；商業機構

  • The two brothers established/set up/started up a clothes retailing business. 兄弟倆開了家服裝零售商店。

  • She runs her own printing business. 她經營自己的印刷公司。

  • They put a lot of money into the family business. 他們向家族公司投入了許多金錢。

• 2 work that you do to earn money -- 商務活動

  • I'm in Baltimore on business. 我在巴爾的摩出差。

  • a business appointment 商務會面

  • Business is good/brisk/booming/flourishing (= I'm selling a lot). 生意興隆。

  • Business is bad/slack/quiet (= I'm not selling much). 生意清淡。

  • How is business (= are you selling much) at the moment? 現在生意怎麽様？

• 3 a situation or activity, often one that you are giving your opinion about -- 狀況；事，事情；事務；重要事件

  • Arranging a trip abroad is a time-consuming business. 籌劃一趟出國旅行是件很費時的事。

  • These killings are a horrible business. 這些謀殺是非常可怕的事。

  • I make it my business (= I feel it is my particular duty) to check the monthly accounts. 我覺得核查每月賬目是我的責任。

  • We have some unfinished business to discuss (= we still have something important to discuss). 我們還有一些未了結的事務需要討論。

• 4 the things that you do or the matters that relate only to you -- 個人事務

  • I started on the business of filling out the form. 我開始填表格。

  • What she does with her life is her business. 她如何生活是她自己的事。