business
/ˈbɪznɪs; `bɪznɪs/ n
1 [C, U] one's usual occupation; profession 日常工作; 职业
He tries not to let (his) business interfere with his home life. 他尽量不让日常工作妨碍他的家庭生活.
2 [U]
(a) buying and selling (esp as a profession); commerce; trade 买卖（尤指作为职业）; 商业; 贸易
We don't do (much) business with foreign companies. 我们跟外国公司没有（多少）生意来往.
He's in (ie works in) the oil business. 他做油类生意.
She has set up in business as a bookseller. 她已创业成为书商.
He wants to be a doctor or go into business. 他想当医生或者经商.
[attrib 作定语]
a business trip 商务之行
a business lunch 商务午餐
business sense, ie knowledge of commercial procedures 商业知识.
(b) volume or rate of buying and selling 成交额; 成交率
Business is always brisk before Christmas. 圣诞节前生意总是很兴隆.
3 [C] commercial establishment; firm; shop 商业机构; 公司; 商店
have/own one's own business 有自己的商行
She runs a thriving grocery business. 她经营著一家生意兴隆的食品杂货店.
Many small businesses have gone bankrupt recently. 近来有许多小商店倒闭.
4 [U] thing that one is rightly concerned with or interested in; duty; task 理应关心的事; 职责; 任务
It is the business of the police to protect the community. 保障社会的安全是警察的职责.
I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible. 我要查出是谁的责任.
My private life is none of your business/is no business of yours. 我的私生活与你毫不相干.
5 [U] things that need to be dealt with; matters to be discussed 需要处理的事; 所讨论的问题
The main business of this meeting is our wages claim. 这次会议的主要议题是我们在工资方面的要求.
Unless there is any other business, we can end the meeting. 如果没有别的事情, 我们的会议可以结束了.
6 [sing] (often derog 常作贬义) matter; affair 事情; 事务; 勾当
an odd, a strange, a disturbing, etc business 怪事、奇事、乱事等
What a business it is moving house! 搬家这件事真够受的!
I'm sick of the whole business. 我觉得整件事都很讨厌.
That plane crash was an awful business. 那架飞机坠毁了, 真是件