[] the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying goods or services for money商业；买卖；生意；交易◆She works in the computer business.她做计算机生意。◆She has set up in business as a hairdresser.她已经开店当上了理发师。◆He has business interests on both sides of the Atlantic.他在大西洋两岸都有商业利益。◆The prime minister addressed the audience of business leaders and economists.首相向在座的商界领袖和经济学家发表讲话。◆It's been a pleasure to do business with you.和你做生意很高兴。➡commerce , trade ⨁to go into / set up in business经商；创业⨁business activities / affairs / dealings / interests商业活动／事务／交易／利益⨁a business analyst / consultant / executive / guru / leader / manager业务分析员／顾问／主管／专家／领导／经理⨁a business deal / transaction商业买卖／交易⨁a business contact / partner / relationship业务联系／伙伴／关系⨁a business idea / investment / proposition / venture商业构思／投资／计划／投机 [] work that is part of your job商务；公事；事务◆Is your trip business or pleasure?你这次旅行是公干还是游玩？◆Mr Castorri is away on business.卡斯托瑞先生出差去了。◆business travel公务旅行➡business lunch , business trip [] the amount of work done by a company, etc.; the rate or quality of this work营业额；贸易额；业务表现◆Business was bad.生意不好。◆Business was booming.生意兴隆。◆Her job was to drum up (= increase) business.她的工作是提高营业额。◆The opportunity to grow business in Europe would be slow and challenging.扩大欧洲贸易规模的机会可能不会很快到来，而且会荆棘满途。⨁business is bad / booming / brisk / slow生意不好／兴隆／红火／增长缓慢⨁to drum up / grow / increase business提高／增加／提高营业额⨁to attract / encourage / generate / seek / win new business吸引／鼓励／创造／寻找／赢得新的生意 [] a commercial organization such as a company, shop/store or factory商业机构◆They run their own catering business.他们经营自己的餐饮店铺。◆She didn't want to work in the family business.她不想在家族企业工作。◆It has taken ten years to build up the business to its current size.将企业建成现在的规模花了十年的时间。◆business premises商务场址➡ see note at trade ⨁to have / manage / run / set up / start a business拥有／管理／经营／建立／开办企业⨁to build up / expand / grow a business建立／扩大／扩大企业 [] important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed（需要处理或讨论的）重要事情◆the main business of the meeting会议的主要议题➡any other business [] the fact of being a customer消费◆We're grateful for your business.感谢您光顾本店。SYNcustom [] something that concerns a particular person or organization职责；责任◆She made it her business to improve the general atmosphere in the office.她亲自改善办公室的总体气氛。●business as ˈusuala way of saying that things will continue as normal in spite of a difficult situation（尽管处境艰难）一切照常◆We're under new management, but it's business as usual for our workers.我们的管理层发生了变动，但是对我们的工人来说一切照旧。●ˌbusiness is ˈbusinessa way of saying that financial and commercial matters are the important things to consider and you should not be influenced by friendship, etc.公事公办●get down to ˈbusinessto start dealing with the matter that needs to be dealt with, or doing the work that needs to be done着手处理正事；认真着手工作●go/put sb out of ˈbusinessto stop or to make sb stop operating as a business because there is no more money or work available停业；歇业◆The new regulations will put many small firms out of business.新法规将使许多小公司倒闭。➡ see note at bankrupt ● in ˈbusinessto be operating as a business经营◆The loan will help the company remain in business.这笔贷款将有助公司继续经营。to have everything that you need in order to be able to start sth immediately准备就绪◆All we need is a van and we'll be in business.我们所需要的只是一辆客货车，然后我们就准备妥当了。➡ idiom at land office , order nounany other business big business e-business first order of business organizing business small business volume business business / agency / company / consultancy / firm / house <chn/>Business is used especially to mean a business that is owned by an individual or family. * business 尤指个人或家族拥有的企业：to start your own business 自主创业a small family business 小型家族企业Company is the general word for a business with a number of managers and employees. * company 是拥有若干管理人员和雇员的企业的总称：to join a company 加入某公司the director of the company 公司董事 The word is often combined with other nouns. 这词通常与其他名词搭配使用：an insurance/oil/a phone company 保险／石油／电话公司Firm is the general word for a business that provides a professional service. * firm 是提供专业服务的公司的总称：an accountancy/a law firm 会计／律师事务所Other words, such as consultancy, agency and house, are used in fewer contexts. Nouns that are often combined with these words include * consultancy、angency、house 等词使用场合不多。与这些词汇搭配的名词有：a design/IT/management consultancy 设计／信息技术／管理谘询公司an advertising/employment agency 广告公司；职业介绍所a publishing/software house 出版社；软件开发公司an auction house 拍卖行➡trade