0 the activity of buying and selling goods and services -- 买卖（货品或服务）
She set up in business (= started her own company) as a management consultant. 她自己开办公司提供管理咨询服务。
This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of business (= they will stop operating). 这项新的税收将导致许多小企业倒闭。
Currently, there are fewer firms in business (= operating) in the area than ever before. 目前在该地区经营的公司比以往任何时候都少。
Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do business with (= with whom they could work well). 最后他们找到了一个他们觉得可以与其愉快合作的顾问。
Our firm does a lot of business with overseas customers. 我们公司与海外客户的生意往来很多。
My brother's in business. 我哥哥经商。
1 a particular company that buys and sells goods and services -- 公司；商业机构
3 a situation or activity, often one that you are giving your opinion about -- 状况；事，事情；事务；重要事件
We have some unfinished business to discuss (= we still have something important to discuss). 我们还有一些未了结的事务需要讨论。
I make it my business (= I feel it is my particular duty) to check the monthly accounts. 我觉得核查每月账目是我的责任。
Arranging a trip abroad is a time-consuming business. 筹划一趟出国旅行是件很费时的事。
4 the things that you do or the matters that relate only to you -- 个人事务
Corporate concentration had grown to such proportions that only the national government could rein in the dominance of big business.
At the outset of the 1990s, there was remarkable consensus within the business community as to what kind of political economy it wanted.
Studying resources can therefore be helpful if one wants to understand the evolution of business-government relations over time.
The food is typically served only after any business, such as praying, is complete, and only then is there much conversation.
Ultimately, weak business confidence reduces the potential for economic growth.
These tables are typically used for transactional purposes, that is, for the management of a business.
Whether changing the nature of that provision to a more personal and less business-like consultation will be what women users want remains to be seen.
The strength of the work lies in historically reconstructing the gestural languages of laughter and weeping as conventional stage business.
