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business

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Related topics: Business, Business basics, Business management
busi·ness /ˈbɪznəs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
1  buying or selling goods or services 買賣商品或提供服務 [uncountableU]BUSINESS the activity of making money by producing or buying and selling goods, or providing services 商業，買賣，生意，業務
Students on the course learn about all aspects of business.
這門課程的學生要學習商業活動的各個方面。
Carl began in the music business by running a recording studio.
卡爾是從經營錄音棚開始幹音樂這一行的。
We do business with a number of Italian companies.
我們和一些意大利公司做生意。
He has a wide range of business interests.
他的生意面很廣。
n Grammar
Don’t use ‘the business’ when talking in general about the activity of making money. You say:
Tourism is good for business.
✗Don’t say: Tourism is good for the business.
2  company 公司 [countableC]BUSINESS an organization such as a company, shop, or factory that produces or sells goods or provides a service 公司，企業，商業機構
She now has her own $25 million home-shopping business.
她現在自己有一家資産爲2,500萬美元的居家購物公司。
They don’t know how to run a business.
他們不知道如何經營企業。
The company began as a small family business.
這家公司是從一個家族小企業起家的。
► see thesaurus at company
3  how much work a company has 公司的營業額 [uncountableU]BUSINESS the amount of work a company does or the amount of money it makes 營業額，貿易額
We’re now doing twice as much business as we did last year.
我們現在的生意是去年的兩倍。
Exports account for 72% of overall business.
出口佔貿易總額的72%。
business is good/bad/slow etc
Business is slow during the summer.
夏天生意清淡。
drum up business (=try to get more work for you or your company) 拉生意，兜攬生意
Perot was in Europe, drumming up business for his new investment company.
佩羅在歐洲爲他新開的投資公司拉生意。
4  for your job 爲了工作NOT PLEASURE [uncountableU]BUSINESS work that you do as part of your job 商務，公事
She’s in New York this week on business (=for her work).
她這個星期在紐約公幹。
Hi Maggie! Is this phone call business or pleasure?
嗨，瑪吉，這個電話是公事還是私事？
business trip/meeting etc
We discussed the idea over a business lunch.
我們在一次商務午餐中討論了這個想法。
useful business contacts
生意上有用的人脈關系
5  what someone should be involved in 某人的職責 [uncountableU]
a) if something is not your business or none of your business, you should not be involved in it or ask about it 歸〔某人〕管的事
It was not her business, she decided, to ask where the money came from.
最後她想，她不該過問這筆錢的來歷。
It’s none of your business how much I weigh.
我體重多少跟你無關。
‘Who’s that girl you were with?’ ‘Mind your own business (=Don’t ask questions about something that does not concern you)!’
“和你在一起的那個女孩是誰？”“少管閒事！”
‘Are you going out with Kate tonight?’ ‘That’s my business (=it doesn’t concern you, so don’t ask me questions about it)’.
“你今天晚上是不是要和凱特出去？”“那是我的事。”
b) if it is someone’s business to do something, it is their duty or responsibility to do it 職責
it is the business of somebody to do something
It is the business of government to listen to the various groups within society.
傾聽不同社會團體的聲音是政府的職責。
6  things to be dealt with 要處理的事情 [uncountableU] things that need to be done or discussed 〔需要完成或討論的〕事情
Okay, let’s get down to business (=start doing or discussing something).
好吧，我們幹正事吧。
‘Is there any other business?’ the chairman asked.
“還有其他事情嗎？”主席問道。
7  matter 事情 [singular] a situation or activity, especially one that you have a particular opinion about or attitude towards 〔尤指你有某種看法或態度的〕事情，事件
a serious/strange/funny etc business
Leon regards keeping fit as a serious business.
利昂把健身當成是正事。
Tanya found the whole business ridiculous.
塔尼娅認爲整件事很可笑。
8  be in business 
a) to be involved in business activities 從事業務活動
The company has been in business for over 30 years.
公司已經營了30多年。
b) spokenREADY to have all that you need to start doing something 準備就緒
I’ve just got to buy the paint and then we’re in business.
我只要把油漆買來，我們就一切準備就緒了。
Examples from the Corpus
be in business• I have finger paints and paper for the kids, so we're in business.• When I qualified I set up in business as a financial consultant.• The insurance companies are in business to make money, not waste it.• A few minutes later, a wall of water crashed over the lip of the Falls and Niagara was in business again.• Now both his parents are in business.• Solicitors and barristers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive.• Jack knows talent when he sees it, and pretty soon the two are in business together.• In all the twenty years I've been in business this is the worst period I've seen for sales.• I found three trowels in the market, and we were in business.• Talk with people you know who are in business and ask them to introduce you to their accountants.• You are in business, and you are missing a great business opportunity.
9  (go) out of business FAILif a company goes out of business, or something puts it out of business, it stops operating, especially because of financial problems 停業，歇業，倒閉
Higher interest rates will drive small firms out of business.
調高利息將會迫使小公司倒閉。
Examples from the Corpus
(go) out of business• But most analysts agree that many health insurance companies would be driven out of business.• Now that the war was over the Navy was, in effect, out of business, and it sought repossession.• If they were not, bird-watching and natural history museums would each go out of business.• The advisory council goes out of business now, having delivered its long-awaited report.• Farmers and ranchers are still going out of business on the plains today.• Rather, the independent-minded newspapers believe that the government now wants to drive them out of business.• It was assumed that I might well put a customer or two out of business.• The league was out of business after three seasons.
10  be back in business to be working or operating in a normal way again 恢複正常運轉
The band are back in business after a long break.
這支樂隊沉寂了很長一段時間後重返舞台。
Examples from the Corpus
be back in business• Nice to see Dave Hill's barber is back in business.• The company was back in business.• Stop Press: Liverpool is back in business.• The Cumberland Tavern - now under new management - is back in business as a rock venue.• After appearing to be in terminal decline the monarchy is back in business.• By the summer of 1992 the dress patrols were back in business.• Last week, Peron was back in business, with a few cosmetic changes.• Male speaker We're setting up in another hangar and hope to be back in business soon.
11  somebody was (just) minding their own business spoken used to say that someone was not doing anything unusual or wrong at the time when something unfair or bad happened to them 某人（正）幹着自己的事〔指某人並沒有做錯什麽卻遭遇了不好的事〕
I was driving along, minding my own business, when the police stopped my car.
我好端端地開着車，警察就把我攔了下來。
Examples from the Corpus
somebody was (just) minding their own business• I was just walking along, minding my own business, when this guy ran straight into me.
12  go about your business to do the things that you normally do 忙自己的事，做通常做的事
The street was full of ordinary people going about their business.
街上全是各忙各的普通人。
Examples from the Corpus
go about your business• You have to laugh about it and go about your business.• While Deion Sanders received most of the pre-game ballyhoo, his bookend Brown went about his business with little or no fanfare.• He was indifferent to the attention he received, calmly going about his business, never using his influence to manipulate others.• The 49ers are counting on Deese to epitomize that professionalism as he goes about his business with Smith.• Normally it went about its business either on foot or in an arabeah, the horse-drawn cab distinctive to the city.• The street was filled with ordinary people going about their business.• Yesterday, as the group of pickers went about their business, police said there had been no further incidents.• Sara went about her business, more troubled than ever about Jenny's imminent arrival.• They went about their business, expecting him to appear at any moment.
13  make it your business to do something TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto make a special effort to do something 把做某事當成自己的職責，認爲是自己應做的事
Ruth made it her business to get to know the customers.
露絲決定親自去了解客戶。
Examples from the Corpus
make it your business to do something• Increasingly, companies are making it their business to develop programs for serving both the worker and the bottom line.• Quinn knew this because he had made it his business to know such things.• I made it my business to be there at dinner the following day.• I make it my business to acquaint myself with where objects properly belong in a house.• Ruth made it her business to get to know the customers.• She made it her business to find out.• They made it their business to worm a curl of something out of you.• These villagers - of course they would make it their business to know anyone who was rich and whose father lived so near!• But before you leave I suggest that you make it your business to find out.
14  mean business informalDETERMINED to be serious about doing something even if it involves harming someone 當真，認真
The border is guarded by troops who mean business.
邊境由嚴於職守的軍隊守衛着。
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mean business• Zhou had discarded his usual severe tunic for a gray Western business suit, and he meant business.• The man had a gun. It was obvious he meant business.• But when it bites, it means business.• This does not necessarily mean businesses must avoid all such one-of-a-kinds whatever their nature.• One of the quintet not only means business but high-minded, selfless business.• Firm action would show both sides that the EU and the UN really meant business.• For one local company it's meant business taking off like a rocket.• They looked as though they meant business.• Those boys knew we meant business.• And to prove we mean business, our members will stage a one-day strike next week.• But as the oil men realised that we meant business, seizures began to drop.
15  unfinished business something you need to discuss further with someone or a situation that has not yet reached a satisfactory solution 未竟事宜，尚未了結的事情
The sudden death of a loved one can often leave the bereaved with an agonising sense of unfinished business.
親人的突然離世，常常會讓家屬産生一種心願未了的痛苦心理。
Examples from the Corpus
unfinished business• Those people that you have unfinished business with.• Seeing their own children in their teens may bring their own adolescence forcibly to mind, along with its unfinished business.• One bit of unfinished business was to obtain for Joe the Legion of Merit award.• However, during our hand-over General Churchill mentioned one piece of unfinished business.• Obon is for closing off unfinished business, for restoring bonds, for healing and remembering.• There was definitely some unfinished business between the two of them, but he was extremely tired.• Each of these women had left some unfinished business.• Then he would be up and about, able to apply himself to unfinished business.
16  business is business spokenBUSINESS used to say that profit is the most important thing to consider 公事就是公事，公事公辦
We can’t afford to employ someone who isn’t good at the job – business is business.
我們沒錢僱一個不稱職的人——公事歸公事嘛。
Examples from the Corpus
business is business• For these guys, business is business and worker safety is not important.• But business is business wherever you are.• However, business is business and pleasure is pleasure.
17  business as usual BBTwhen someone or something is still working or operating normally when you think they might not be 照常上班；照常營業
Despite last night’s scare, it was business as usual in the White House today.
盡管昨晚經歷一場恐慌，今天白宮還是一切照常。
Examples from the Corpus
business as usual• We need to be clear that, if Bush defeats Al Gore, there will no longer be business as usual.• This is more than dictatorial business as usual.• This change has involved more than just mixing up kids and carrying on business as usual.• Despite the fire damage, it's business as usual at the barber shop.• It will soon be back to business as usual.• The next day was business as usual.• Back in Los Angeles it was business as usual.• So it was business as usual.• How could they proceed with business as usual?
18  have no business doing something/have no business to do something BEHAVEto do something you should not be doing 不應該做某事
He was drunk and had no business driving.
他喝醉了就不該開車。
19  not be in the business of doing something WILLto not be intending to do something because you think it is a bad idea 無意做某事
I’m not in the business of selling my best players.
我可不想把我最好的球員轉讓出去。
Examples from the Corpus
not be in the business of doing something• Labour may not be in the business of re-connecting with the past, but its attachment to the future is still confused.
20  and all that business spoken informal and other things of the same general kind …等方面的事務
She handles the publicity and all that business.
她負責宣傳等方面的事務。
21  (it’s) the business GOOD/EXCELLENT British EnglishBrE informal used to say that something is very good or works well 很好，工作性能好
Have you seen David’s new car? It’s the business!
你見過戴維的新汽車嗎？ 很不錯啊！
Examples from the Corpus
(it’s) the business• The business is effectively recession proof, if anything it probably does better when times are hard.• The proceeds will be used to fund research and development and to expand the business.• Richard Sackville of Buckhurst, in the business of making shot, was a major landowner with 200 marks a year.• In the business world, it is felt that this is the degree of flexibility that is required.• Melrose Petroleum is the general partner and manages the business.• If the receipt is distributed to shareholders as dividends then the capital base of the business has been eroded.• A company owned and run by Mr and Mrs Bunch carried on the business of purchase and resale of bulk butter.• He ran the business part time until last January.
22  do the business British EnglishBrE informal
a) to do what you are expected to do or what people want you to do 做該做的事
Come on, then, and do the business.
那麽來吧，做正事吧。
b) to have sex 幹那事〔指做愛〕
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do the business• Come on you Reds and do the business for the supporters because they will be giving it everything for you!• O'Connor will have that task and can do the business if on his game.• Don't drink water - fish do the business in it.• They like the game of golf as much as they do the business of golf.• Unfortunately, despite the commercial ban, whales are not being politely left alone to do the business.• Now they appear to be looking to a Second Division centre forward to do the business.• Inclined to be an unpredictable live outing, the Veggies do the business with an energising blur of Neds-ish guitar fodder.• If your regular antagonist has a Chaos army and favours daemons then a Daemonslayer will do the business very nicely.
→ big business, → funny business at funny(3), → like nobody’s business at nobody1(2), → monkey business at monkey1(3), → show business
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the activity of making money by producing or buying and selling goods, or providing services 商業，買賣，生意，業務
verbs
do business 做生意
A lot of firms are keen to do business in Japan.
許多公司都很想在日本做生意。
conduct business formal (=do business) 【正式】做生意
It is not a sensible way to conduct business.
這不是做生意的明智之道。
go into business (=start working in business) 從事商業活動
A lot of university graduates want to go into business.
許多大學畢業生想進入商界。
set up/start up in business 創業
The bank gave me a loan to help me set up in business.
銀行給我一筆貸款幫助我創業。
stay in business (=continue operating and not become bankrupt) 繼續經營
nEven if they manage to stay in business for another year, their long-term survival remains under threat.
nSome stores are finding it hard to stay in business.
go out of business (=stop doing business because of financial problems) 停業，歇業，倒閉
In a recession smaller firms often go out of business.
經濟衰退時，小公司往往就維持不下去了。
NOUN + business
the music/entertainment/computer etc business 音樂/娛樂/計算機等行業
He started out working in the computer business.
他最早從事的是電腦行業。
business + NOUN
a business deal (=an occasion when you buy or sell something) 一筆生意
Negotiation is the most important part of a business deal.
談判是生意中最重要的環節。
business activities 商業活動
His wife refused to get involved in his business activities.
他妻子拒絕參與他的商務活動。
business interests (=business activities, or shares in companies) 商業活動；公司股份
Both companies have substantial business interests in Indonesia.
兩家公司都在印度尼西亞有很多業務。
the business community (=people who work in business) 商界人士
There was pressure on the government from the business community.
政府面臨來自商界的壓力。
the business world 商界，商場
You need to be flexible in today’s highly competitive business world.
在今天這個競爭激烈的商場，你需要善於變通。
nbusiness studies (=a course of study about business)
She did business studies at college.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘make business’. Say do business.
不要說 ‘make business’. 而要說 do business.
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: an organization such as a company, shop, or factory that produces or sells goods or provides a service 公司，企業，商業機構
verbs
have/own a business 擁有企業[公司]
Nick owned a software business in Boston.
尼克在波士頓擁有一家軟件公司。
run a business (=manage it) 經營企業[公司]
There’s plenty of advice available on how to run your own business.
關於如何自己經營企業，有許多建議可供參考。
start/set up a business 創辦/成立公司
When you’re starting a business, you have to work longer hours.
創業期間，你不得不加班加點。
take over a business (=buy it or start running it) 接管企業[公司]
When my father retired, I took over the business.
父親退休後，我接管了企業。
build (up)/develop a business 建立/發展企業[公司]
He spent years trying to build a business in Antigua.
他費了多年時間試圖在安提瓜建立企業。
nestablish a business
She overcame many financial difficulties to establish her business.
a business succeeds 企業成功
nMaking a business succeed is not simple.
a business collapses/fails (=stops operating) 企業倒閉/失敗
n35% of small businesses fail in the first year of operation.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + business
a small business (=that employs only a few people) 小企業
Many small businesses have been badly hit by the recession.
許多小企業在經濟衰退中遭受嚴重打擊。
na medium-sized business
They offer services to small and medium-sized businesses.
a software/catering/construction etc business 軟件/餐飲/建築等公司
His girlfriend runs a catering business.
他的女朋友在經營一家餐飲公司。
a family business (=owned and controlled by one family) 家族企業
For many years the hotel was a family business.
這家酒店有許多年一直是一個家族企業。
an import/export business 進口/出口公司
nKingwell had an export business in New Zealand.
a successful/profitable/thriving business 成功的/赢利的/生意興旺的企業
nWithin a few years she had established a thriving business in London.
a viable business (=one that is likely to be successful) 有望成功的企業
nIt soon became clear that the restaurant was not a viable business.
business + NOUN
a business partner (=someone who shares a business with you) 業務合作夥伴，生意合夥人
Margie was his wife and also his business partner.
瑪吉是他的妻子，也是他的生意合夥人。
a business manager 業務經理
nWe need to take on a business manager to deal with some of the admin.
a business customer/client 商業客戶
nWe’re providing our business customers with reliable, proven Internet technology.
n THESAURUS
business the activity of making money by producing, buying, or selling goods, or providing services
Business in Europe has been badly affected by economic conditions in the US.
He works in the advertising business.
trade the buying and selling of goods and services, especially between countries
Trade between European countries became easier after the introduction of the Euro.
a trade agreement
commerce the buying and selling of goods and services. Commerce is more formal than business, and is used when talking about business activities in general
One of the roles of the federal government is to regulate commerce.
London became a great centre of commerce.
the local chamber of commerce (=an organization which the companies and shops in an area belong to)
e-commerce the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet
E-commerce is a fast-growing part of the US economy.
Examples from the Corpus
business• Business in Europe has been badly affected by economic conditions in Asia.• Business is really bad at the moment. They may have to sell some of their factories overseas.• Business was good until June and then sales fell because people were on vacation.• "Where's Michael?'' "He's at a business meeting.''• He's been in the advertising business for over 20 years now, and he wants to get out.• At the bottom of Rover's long-term failure is a hopelessly crude conception of what constitutes enterprise and business success.• Hancock, a native of Great Britain, is a veteran of the computer business.• His sons have worked in the family business for years.• Building the new highway will be good for business.• "Is this trip for business or pleasure?'' "Business, I'm afraid.''• Gerald left, saying he had some important business to attend to.• Few of us are fortunate enough to have a chance to try working with our partner before we go into business together.• I made it my business to be there at dinner the following day.• As an M.B.A. student, you study all aspects of business.• "What type of business are you in?'' "I run a catering company.''• I have to go to Tokyo next month on business.• In our business the first rule is that the customer is always right.• Don and his wife run their own business.• His oldest daughter, 31, owns a small printing business in Fresno.• For kids, playing is serious business.• I was in London last month because I had some business there.• He handles the mail and all that business.• His heirs developed the business to adapt to changing modes of transport.• In the old days, when business was booming, he used to fly to New York twice a week.• I don't want to argue about this any more -- I'm sick of the whole business.
drum up business• They bought a truck and proceeded to drum up business.• Cheltenham & Gloucester and the Yorkshire are taking the discount route to drum up business.
business contacts• A mail reader program helps you read, send and organize e-mail correspondence with friends, colleagues and business contacts.• Whatever their standards, they were successful, collecting money for the charities whilst making good business contacts.• As a result it is difficult for them to make business contacts.• Modest wage and price pressures were reported by most business contacts.• As a result, sales increased, trade relationships were enhanced and new business contacts opened up.• Additionally I might have info about further education and job opportunities, plus business contacts.• Other clients were reached via business contacts or friends.• Another holds 24 numbers tagged with the names of your business contacts.
Mind your own business• Keep your mouth shut. Mind your own business.• I don't. Mind my own business, that's my motto.
any other business• The nightclub and gaming business is run on the same principles as any other business.• The public relations business is no different from any other business in this respect.• This means that profits on oil income will be treated like gains from any other business by being subject to normal corporation tax.• As a merger between genetic enterprises it is, like any other business with two partners, liable to discord.• Just like any other business, the workshops will have to make a profit.• Like any other business, it is all to do with contacts and getting introductions.• As it turned out, I needn't have troubled myself over any other business with Stone.• New business Public relations consultancies no more want to stand still than any other business enterprise.• Before we end the meeting, is there any other business?• Is there any other business before we close the meeting?
the whole business• There are seven priests, with seven trumpets, and the whole business takes exactly seven days.• You can only be one or the other because the whole business of supply and demand is so complex.• He sounded as if he was thoroughly disgusted by the whole business and she felt a pang of dismay.• General Crook, who had died earlier that year, would surely have had contempt for the whole business.• Up to now, Vyner has been joint managing director of the whole business, along with David Quarmby.• That would certainly turn the tables, Blue thinks, that would certainly stand the whole business on its head.• There had to be more to the whole business than Himmler was telling him, that much was obvious.• I was completely new to the whole business.
From Longman Business Dictionary
businessbusi·ness /ˈbɪznəs/ nounCOMMERCE
1[uncountableU] the production, buying, and selling of goods or services for profit
Students on the course learn about all aspects of business.
We are in business to create profit.
The company says it will never do business with the bank again.
Mr Guerlain learned the perfume business in Grasse.
→ see also repeat business
2go into business to start working in the production, buying, and selling of goods or services
She wanted to quit working as a hostess and go into business on her own.
3go out of business to stop operating as a company, usually because of BANKRUPTCY
1,800 furniture store companies went out of business last year.
4business is business used to say that profit is the most important thing
With these guys, business is business, and charity and public works are not part of it.
5[uncountableU] the work that you do as part of your job
Adam’s in Argentina on business.
Companies are looking hard at the need for many business trips.
6[countableC] a person or organization that produces and sells goods or services
Do you want to manage your own business?
She runs a business finding and restoring old cars.
He works for a catering business.
→ big business → core business → family business → one-man business → organizing business → show business → small business
7[uncountableU]COMMERCE the amount of work a company has or is doing
Soon he had so much business he had to subcontract.
The company isn’t doing much business in Japan.
The economy is growing, jobs are plentiful and business is good.
The promotional fares are designed to drum up business (=increase it) during the slower fall period.
→ repeat business
8[uncountableU] work that must be done in a particular job or period of time
We discussed this week’s business.
the routine business of government
9get down to business to start dealing with an important subject
He offers juice or tea before getting down to business.
10business as usual used to tell you that a shop or business is working normally when you might think it was working in a different way, or was closed
The retailer says it intends to do business as usual during its reorganization.
The market is shut today for Bastille day, but tomorrow it is business as usual.
Origin business
(1300-1400) busy

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