affair, business, matter, concern, thing

business, commerce, trade, bargain, deal

名詞 business:

1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
   同義詞：concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   同義詞：commercial enterprise, business enterprise
3. business concerns collectively
   同義詞：business sector
4. the volume of commercial activity
5. a rightful concern or responsibility
6. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
   同義詞：occupation, job, line of work, line
7. an immediate objective
8. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
   同義詞：stage business, byplay
9. customers collectively
   同義詞：clientele, patronage

1. The main business of this meeting is our wages claim.
   這次會(huì)議的主要議題是我們?cè)诠べY方面的要求。
2. Business is always brisk before Christmas.
   圣誕節(jié)前生意總是很興隆。
3. I don't understand this business.
   我不了解這件事。
4. It's a teacher's business to make student learn.
   使學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)是教師的責(zé)任。
5. They've done some business together.
   他們一起做過(guò)生意。

busi.ness

n.Abbr. bus.（名詞）縮寫(xiě) bus.

The occupation, work, or trade in which a person is engaged:
職業(yè)，行業(yè)：一個(gè)人所從事的職業(yè)、工作或行業(yè)：
例句：
the wholesale food business.
食品批發(fā)行業(yè)

A specific occupation or pursuit:
行業(yè)，業(yè)務(wù)：特殊的職業(yè)或工作：
例句：
the best designer in the business.
該行業(yè)最好的設(shè)計(jì)師

Commercial, industrial, or professional dealings:
商業(yè)生意，買賣：商業(yè)、工業(yè)或職業(yè)交易：
例句：
new systems now being used in business.
現(xiàn)在在交易中所采用的新系統(tǒng)

A commercial enterprise or establishment:
企業(yè)：工商企業(yè)或工商設(shè)施：
例句：
bought his uncle`s business.
購(gòu)買他叔父的企業(yè)

Volume or amount of commercial trade:
貿(mào)易量，交易量：商業(yè)貿(mào)易的容量或數(shù)量：
例句：
Business had fallen off.
貿(mào)易量已經(jīng)下降了

Commercial dealings; patronage:
商務(wù)業(yè)務(wù)；贊助：
例句：
took her business to a trustworthy salesperson.
將她的主顧交給一個(gè)可靠的推銷員

One`s rightful or proper concern or interest:
權(quán)利：正確或恰當(dāng)?shù)年P(guān)系或興趣：
例句：
.The business of America is business.(Calvin Coolidge)
.美國(guó)的權(quán)利是交易.(卡爾文·柯立芝)

Something involving one personally:
私事：與個(gè)人有關(guān)的事物：
例句：
It`s none of my business.
這不關(guān)我的事

Serious work or endeavor:
努力：嚴(yán)肅的工作或努力：
例句：
got right down to business.
進(jìn)行一次徹底的努力

An affair or matter:
事務(wù)，事件：
例句：
.We will proceed no further in this business.(Shakespeare)
.我們?cè)谶@件事上將不再有什么進(jìn)展.(莎士比亞)

An incidental action performed by an actor on the stage to fill a pause between lines or to provide interesting detail.
（演員的）動(dòng)作：演員在舞臺(tái)上為了填補(bǔ)背臺(tái)詞間的停頓和提供有趣的細(xì)節(jié)所做的附加動(dòng)作
Informal Verbal abuse; scolding:
【非正式用語(yǔ)】 辱罵；責(zé)備：
例句：
gave me the business for being late.
因?yàn)檫t到我受到責(zé)罵

Obsolete The condition of being busy.
【廢語(yǔ)】 忙碌：忙碌的狀況
n.attributive.（定語(yǔ)名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
經(jīng)常用來(lái)修飾另一個(gè)名詞：
例句：
a business computer; a business suit.
商業(yè)電腦；西裝

來(lái)源：
Middle English businesse
中古英語(yǔ) businesse
from bisi [busy] * see busy
源自 bisi [忙碌的] *參見(jiàn) busy

<參考詞匯><同義詞>business,industry,commerce,trade,trafficThese nouns apply to forms of activity that have the objective of supplying commodities.
這些名詞用于以提供商品為目的的活動(dòng)的形式。
Business pertains broadly to commercial, financial, and industrial activity:
Business 廣泛地適用于商品、金融和企業(yè)活動(dòng)：
例句：
decided to go into the oil business.
決定涉及石油貿(mào)易。

Industry is the production and manufacture of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale:
Industry 指物品或商品的生產(chǎn)和制造，尤指在大范圍內(nèi)：
例句：
the computer industry;
電腦業(yè)；

例句：
the arms industry.
兵器業(yè)。

Commerce andtrade refer to the exchange and distribution of goods or commodities:
Commerce 和trade 指貨物或商品的交換和分配：
例句：
laws regulating interstate commerce;
規(guī)范州際貿(mào)易的法律；

例句：
involved in the domestic fur trade;
涉及國(guó)內(nèi)的皮毛交易活動(dòng)；

例句：
foreign commerce (ortrade ).
對(duì)外貿(mào)易 （或用trade )。

Traffic pertains broadly to commercial dealingsbut in particular to businesses engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers:
Traffic 廣泛適用于商業(yè)事務(wù)，但尤其指從事貨物或旅客運(yùn)輸?shù)纳虅?wù)活動(dòng)：
例句：
renovated the docks to attract shipping traffic. The word may also suggest illegal trade, as in narcotics:
修繕船塢用以吸引船運(yùn)業(yè)務(wù)。 這個(gè)詞也可用于表示非法交易，如麻醉藥方面的交易：

例句：
Traffic in stolen goods was brisk. See also Synonyms at affair
交易贓物是危險(xiǎn)的 參見(jiàn)同義詞 affair