businessbusi•ness /'bɪznɪs/

n

1. U 交易，生意；商业；营业额

• He is in the real estate business. 他在做房地产生意。

2. C 工商企业；商店，商行；工厂；营业所

• a business center 商业中心

3. 用作单 工作，职业；职务，职责；目的；任务，使命

• One third of the workers will be out of business after the reduction of the staff. 这次裁员后将有三分之一的工人失业。

• It is the parents' business to make their children educated. 让自己的孩子受教育是家长们的职责。

4. U,用作单 事务，事；要事，要务

• private business 私事

• an awkward business 一件麻烦事

词组Business is business. 公事公办。 get down to business 着手认真办事

• It's time for you to get down to business. 你该认真办事了。

go about one's business 干自己的事 go out of business 停业，歇业 mean business 非正式 当真，是认真的 mind one's own business 别管闲事