/ˈbɪznəs ||; ˈbɪznɪs/noun1 [U] buying and selling as a way of earning money; commerce 生意；商业: She's planning to set up in business as a hairdresser. 她打算做理发师的生意。I'm going to go into business with my brother. 我准备跟我的弟弟一起经商。They are very easy to do business with. 跟他们做生意很利落。
2 [U] the work that you do as your job 业务: The manager will be away on business next week. 经理下周出差去。a business trip 出差
3 [U] the number of customers that a person or company has had 顾客量；生意额: Business has been good for the time of year. 这个时节生意一直挺不错。
4 [C] a firm, a shop, a factory, etc which produces or sells goods or provides a service 公司；商号: She aims to start a business of her own. 她打算自己开公司。Small businesses are finding it hard to survive at the moment. 这个时候，小企业要求生存很困难。
5 [U] something that concerns a particular person 跟某人有关的事情；本分: The friends I choose are my business, not yours. 交什么样的朋友是我自己的事，你管不着。Our business is to collect the information, not to comment on it. 我们的工作是搜集资料，不是就这些资料发表评论。‘How much did it cost?’ ‘It's none of your business! ’(= I don't want to tell you. It's private.) “这个花了多少钱？”“不关你的事！”
6 [U] important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed 须要处理或讨论的要事: First we have some unfinished business from the last meeting to deal with. 首先，我们要处理上次会议没有解决的事情。
7 [sing] a situation or an event, especially one that is strange or unpleasant 事情，事件（尤指奇怪或令人不快的事情）: The divorce was an awful business. 离婚那事真叫人难堪。I found the whole business very depressing. 整件事情使我沮丧不已。
get down to business to start the work that has to be done 着手做（工作）:
Let's just have a cup of coffee before we get down to business. 我们先喝点咖啡再干活去吧。 go out of business to have to close because there is no more money available 倒闭:
The shop went out of business because it couldn't compete with the new supermarket. 这家商店不是那新开张的超级市场的对手，只好关门大吉。 have no business to do sth/doing sth to have no right to do sth 没有权利做某事:
You have no business to read/reading my letters without asking me. 没有我的同意你没有权利看我的信。 mind your own business→
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monkey business→
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