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Related topics: Business, Business basics, Business management
busi·ness /ˈbɪznəs/ ●●● S1 W1 noun  
1  buying or selling goods or services 买卖商品或提供服务 [uncountableU]BUSINESS the activity of making money by producing or buying and selling goods, or providing services 商业，买卖，生意，业务
 Students on the course learn about all aspects of business.
这门课程的学生要学习商业活动的各个方面。
 Carl began in the music business by running a recording studio.
卡尔是从经营录音棚开始干音乐这一行的。
 We do business with a number of Italian companies.
我们和一些意大利公司做生意。
 He has a wide range of business interests.
他的生意面很广。
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，企业，商业机构
 She now has her own $25 million home-shopping business.
她现在自己有一家资产为2,500万美元的居家购物公司。
 They don’t know how to run a business.
他们不知道如何经营企业。
 The company began as a small family business.
这家公司是从一个家族小企业起家的。
► see thesaurus at company
3  how much work a company has 公司的营业额 [uncountableU]BUSINESS the amount of work a company does or the amount of money it makes 营业额，贸易额
 We’re now doing twice as much business as we did last year.
我们现在的生意是去年的两倍。
 Exports account for 72% of overall business.
出口占贸易总额的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，兜揽生意
 Perot was in Europe, drumming up business for his new investment company.
佩罗在欧洲为他新开的投资公司拉生意。
4  for your job 为了工作NOT PLEASURE [uncountableU]BUSINESS work that you do as part of your job 商务，公事
 She’s in New York this week on business (=for her work).
她这个星期在纽约公干。
 Hi Maggie! Is this phone call business or pleasure?
嗨，玛吉，这个电话是公事还是私事？
business trip/meeting etc
 We discussed the idea over a business lunch.
我们在一次商务午餐中讨论了这个想法。
 useful business contacts
生意上有用的人脉关系
5  what someone should be involved in 某人的职责 [uncountableU]
a) if something is not your business or none of your business, you should not be involved in it or ask about it 归〔某人〕管的事
 It was not her business, she decided, to ask where the money came from.
最后她想，她不该过问这笔钱的来历。
 It’s none of your business how much I weigh.
我体重多少跟你无关。
 ‘Who’s that girl you were with?’ ‘Mind your own business (=Don’t ask questions about something that does not concern you)!’
“和你在一起的那个女孩是谁？”“少管闲事！”
 ‘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凯特出去？”“那是我的事。”
b) if it is someone’s business to do something, it is their duty or responsibility to do it 职责
it is the business of somebody to do something
 It is the business of government to listen to the various groups within society.
倾听不同社会团体的声音是政府的职责。
6  things to be dealt with 要处理的事情 [uncountableU] things that need to be done or discussed 〔需要完成或讨论的〕事情
7  matter 事情 [singular] a situation or activity, especially one that you have a particular opinion about or attitude towards 〔尤指你有某种看法或态度的〕事情，事件
8  be in business 
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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 停业，歇业，倒闭
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(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 恢复正常运转
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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）干着自己的事〔指某人并没有做错什么却遭遇了不好的事〕
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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
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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 把做某事当成自己的职责，认为是自己应做的事
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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 当真，认真
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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，尚未了结的事情
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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，公事公办
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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；照常营业
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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 不应该做某事
19  not be in the business of doing something WILLto not be intending to do something because you think it is a bad idea 无意做某事
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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 …等方面的事务
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
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(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
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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 商业，买卖，生意，业务
verbs
do business 做生意
A lot of firms are keen to do business in Japan.
许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.
这不是做生意的明智之道。
go into business (=start working in business) 从事商业活动
A lot of university graduates want to go into business.
许多大学毕业生想进入商界。
set up/start up in business 创业
The bank gave me a loan to help me set up in business.
银行给我一笔贷款帮助我创业。
stay in business (=continue operating and not become bankrupt) 继续经营
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) 停业，歇业，倒闭
In a recession smaller firms often go out of business.
经济衰退时，小公司往往就维持不下去了。
NOUN + business
the music/entertainment/computer etc business 音乐/娱乐/计算机等行业
He started out working in the computer business.
他最早从事的是电脑行业。
business + NOUN
a business deal (=an occasion when you buy or sell something) 一笔生意
Negotiation is the most important part of a business deal.
谈判是生意中最重要的环节。
business activities 商业活动
His wife refused to get involved in his business activities.
他妻子拒绝参与他的商务活动。
business interests (=business activities, or shares in companies) 商业活动；公司股份
Both companies have substantial business interests in Indonesia.
两家公司都在印度尼西亚有很多业务。
the business community (=people who work in business) 商界人士
There was pressure on the government from the business community.
政府面临来自商界的压力。
the business world 商界，商场
You need to be flexible in today’s highly competitive business world.
在今天这个竞争激烈的商场，你需要善于变通。
nbusiness studies (=a course of study about business)
She did business studies at college.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘make business’. Say do business.
不要说 ‘make business’. 而要说 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，企业，商业机构
verbs
have/own a business 拥有企业[公司]
Nick owned a software business in Boston.
尼克在波士顿拥有一家软件公司。
run a business (=manage it) 经营企业[公司]
There’s plenty of advice available on how to run your own business.
关于如何自己经营企业，有许多建议可供参考。
start/set up a business 创办/成立公司
When you’re starting a business, you have to work longer hours.
创业期间，你不得不加班加点。
take over a business (=buy it or start running it) 接管企业[公司]
When my father retired, I took over the business.
父亲退休后，我接管了企业。
build (up)/develop a business 建立/发展企业[公司]
He spent years trying to build a business in Antigua.
他费了多年时间试图在安提瓜建立企业。
nestablish a business
She overcame many financial difficulties to establish her business.
a business succeeds 企业成功
nMaking a business succeed is not simple.
a business collapses/fails (=stops operating) 企业倒闭/失败
n35% of small businesses fail in the first year of operation.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + business
a small business (=that employs only a few people) 小企业
Many small businesses have been badly hit by the recession.
许多小企业在经济衰退中遭受严重打击。
na medium-sized business
They offer services to small and medium-sized businesses.
a software/catering/construction etc business 软件/餐饮/建筑等公司
His girlfriend runs a catering business.
他的女朋友在经营一家餐饮公司。
a family business (=owned and controlled by one family) 家族企业
For many years the hotel was a family business.
这家酒店有许多年一直是一个家族企业。
an import/export business 进口/出口公司
nKingwell had an export business in New Zealand.
a successful/profitable/thriving business 成功的/赢利的/生意兴旺的企业
nWithin a few years she had established a thriving business in London.
a viable business (=one that is likely to be successful) 有望成功的企业
nIt soon became clear that the restaurant was not a viable business.
business + NOUN
a business partner (=someone who shares a business with you) 业务合作伙伴，生意合伙人
Margie was his wife and also his business partner.
玛吉是他的妻子，也是他的生意合伙人。
a business manager 业务经理
nWe need to take on a business manager to deal with some of the admin.
a business customer/client 商业客户
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.
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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
busi·ness noun
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