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| 1 | U the work of buying or selling products or services for money 买卖；交易；生意；商业 |
| representatives from business and politics 来自商界和政界的代表 |
| our latest business venture 我们最近的商业活动 |
| the business community (=all the people who work in business) 商界 |
| a business associate/partner 生意合伙人 |
| the business section of the Sunday paper 星期日报纸的商业版 |
| do business with sb I found them very easy to do business with. 我发现和他们做买卖很容易。 |
| go into business It was a mistake to go into business with my brother. 和我兄弟一起经商是个错误。 |
| | 1a | used for talking about how well a company or industry is doing 营业；经营状况 | | We’ re hoping that business will improve this year. 我们希望今年的经营状况会好转。 | | Cheap imports are damaging our business. 低廉的进口商品正在使我们的生意受损。 | | Business was booming (=doing very well) . 生意很兴隆。 | | A little controversy will be good for business. 少量的争论对经营会有好处。 | |
| | 1b | used for talking about how many customers or contracts a company or industry has 客户群；交易量 | | They’ re trying to attract business by cutting prices. 他们试图通过削价来招揽生意。 | | a potential source of new business 潜在的新客户群 | | Companies risk losing business if they don’ t accept the Euro. 公司如果不接受欧元就要冒亏损的风险。 | |
| | 1c | a particular area of business 行业 | | What business are you in? 你在哪一行业工作？ | | the music/fashion/advertising etc business I have a few contacts in the music business. 我在音乐界有几个熟人。 | |
| | 1d | used for talking about business compared to things that you do when you are not working 工作 | | Are you here for business or pleasure? 你在这里是工作还是来玩？ | | a business lunch/trip/meeting 商务午餐/商务旅行/工作会议 | | on business Jonathan was away on business. 乔纳森出差了。 | |
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| 2 | C an organization that buys or sells products or services for moneyThis word often refers to a small organization that is owned and run by one person or a few people , while company can also refer to large organizations 工商企业，公司，商店，营业所（该词常指一个人或几个人所拥有并经营的小机构，而company 也指大机构） |
| a small family business 小型家族企业 |
| Matthew’ s little shop has turned into a thriving business. 马修的小店变成了兴隆的商行。 |
| Many small businesses fold (=fail) in their first year. 许多小企业在头一年就倒闭了。 |
| run a business Sheryl’ s parents run a small clothing business. 谢利尔的父母经营一家小服装店。 |
| start your own business After leaving school, Bob started his own computer business. 鲍勃离开学校后就创建了自己的计算机公司。 |
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| 3 | singular/U something that you have to deal with 事情；事务 |
| Is there any other business to discuss? 还有其他事要讨论吗？ |
| unfinished business (=things that need to be dealt with) We’ ve still got some unfinished business to settle. 需要处理的事 |
| the business of (doing) sth Nancy had left the business of looking after the dog to her brother. 南希把照看狗的任务交给了她的兄弟。 |
| | 3a | used for saying that something is dangerous/serious etc 冒险/重要/棘手等的事 | | Disposing of chemicals can be a dangerous business. 处理化学品是件危险的事。 | | For Jack, golf is a serious business. 对于杰克来说，打高尔夫球是件重要的事。 | |
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| 4 | U something that affects or involves a particular person and no one else 个人事务 |
| It’ s my business who I go out with. 我和谁一起出去是我自己的事。 |
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| 5 | singular something that has happened, especially something that has caused problems and has been continuing for a long time (发生的)事情；（尤指）麻烦事 |
| This business about housework has to be resolved. 家务劳动这件麻烦事得解决。 |
| I’ m fed up with the whole business. 整个这件事让我觉得厌恶。 |
| Ever since that business with her boyfriend, Becky’ s been really depressed. 和她男朋友发生那件事后，贝基十分沮丧。 |
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| - | be back in business
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| to be working or operating normally again |
| 恢复正常工作；恢复正常运转 |
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| The weekly market is back in business after its winter break. 每周的集市在冬天的暂停后又恢复正常。 |
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| - | be the business BRITISH informal
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| to be very good |
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| Those samples you sent us really are the business. 你寄给我们的那些样品确实非常好。 |
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| - | be in business
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| 1 | if a company is in business , it is operating normally 正在经营 | The company has been in business for almost 100 years. 这家公司已经经营了将近100年。 | |
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| 2 | informal to be ready to do something , because all the necessary preparations have been made 准备就绪 | Just connect the printer to your computer and you’ re in business. 只要把打印机连接到计算机上，你就准备就绪了。 | |
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| - | be in the business of doing sth
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| used for saying what the basic aims of someone’ s actions or business activities are . This expression is often used when you think someone wants or expects something unreasonable |
| 在做某事（该表达法常用来表示某人想要得到或期待不合理的东西） |
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| I am not in the business of selling my best players. 我并不想出售我最优秀的球员。 |
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| - | business as usual
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| used for describing a situation in which everything happens normally , especially after a period of time when things happen in a different way |
| 照常营业；一切如常 |
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| - | business is business mainly spoken
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| used for telling someone that people do business to make money and therefore other things, such as people’ s feelings, do not matter |
| 公事公办 |
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| - | do the business BRITISH informal
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| 1 | to do what people want or expect you to do 把事办成；达到目的 | We reckon our team’ s good enough to do the business (=win) . 我们认为我们队足够出色，肯定会赢。 | |
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| 2 | to have sex 发生性关系 |
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| - | get down to business
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| to start doing something that you need to do |
| 开始干正事；着手办实事；认真做起来 |
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| I have a plane to catch, so let’ s get down to business. 我要赶飞机，所以我们开始干正事吧。 |
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| - | go about your business
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| to do the things that you normally do |
| 干自己的工作 |
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| The street was full of people innocently going about their business. 街上到处都是为自己的工作奔波忙碌的人。 |
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| - | go out of business
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| if a company goes out of business , it stops doing business permanently, especially because it has failed |
| 停业；歇业；（尤指）倒闭 |
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| - | have no business doing sth
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| to do something you should not do , because it does not affect or involve you at all |
| 无权做某事；不该做某事 |
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| You had no business going through my private papers. 你无权查看我的私人文件。 |
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| used for emphasizing that something happens very quickly , in very large quantities, or that someone does something very well |
| 非同寻常地；飞快地；大量地；非常好地 |
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| Letters have been pouring in like nobody’ s business. 信件纷至沓来。 |
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| - | make it your business to do sth
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| to make an effort to do something because you think it is important |
| 努力做某事；特意做某事 |
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| She makes it her business to get to know all her staff. 她努力去了解她所有的员工。 |
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| - | mean business
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| to be very serious about something you have to do |
| 是认真的；当真 |
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| This is not a game. We mean business. 这不是开玩笑，我们是认真的。 |
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| - | mind your own business
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| 1 | used for telling someone rudely that you are not going to tell them about something because it does not affect or involve them 你别管闲事；与你无关 | ‘Who were you with last night?’ ‘Mind your own business.’ “你昨晚和谁在一起？”“你别管闲事。” | |
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| 2 | to be doing the things you normally do , without affecting what other people are doing 做自己的事 | There I was, minding my own business, when this man started yelling at me. 我正在那里做自己的事，这时这个男人开始朝我叫喊起来。 | |
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| See also | | - funny business | | - monkey business | |
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