businesses

英 [ˈbɪznɪsɪz]

美 [ˈbɪznəsəz]

n.  商业; 买卖; 生意; 商务; 公事; 营业额; 贸易额; 营业状况
business的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 商业；买卖；交易；生意
  Businessis work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
  1. ...young people seeking a career in business...
     涉足商界的年轻人
  2. Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background.
     珍妮弗有着让人印象深刻的学术和商务背景。
  3. ...Harvard Business School.
     哈佛商学院
• N-UNCOUNT 业务量；营业额
  Businessis used when talking about how many products or services a company is able to sell. Ifbusinessis good, a lot of products or services are being sold and ifbusinessis bad, few of them are being sold.
  1. They worried that German companies would lose business...
     他们担心德国公司的业务量会下滑。
  2. Business is booming.
     生意蒸蒸日上。
• N-COUNT 工商企业；公司；商店；商铺
  Abusinessis an organization which produces and sells goods or which provides a service.
  1. The company was a family business...
     这家公司是个家族企业。
  2. The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months...
     大多数小企业在开张后的24个月内就倒闭了。
  3. He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.
     在公司倒闭后，他手头缺少现金。
• N-UNCOUNT 任务；职责；工作
  Businessis work or some other activity that you do as part of your job and not for pleasure.
  1. I'm here on business...
     我到这儿来办公事。
  2. You can't mix business with pleasure.
     你不能把工作和娱乐搅在一起。
  3. ...business trips.
     出差
• N-SING 行业；（某一领域的）工作
  You can usebusinessto refer to a particular area of work or activity in which the aim is to make a profit.
  1. May I ask you what business you're in?
     我可否问问你是做什么工作的？
  2. ...the music business.
     音乐界
• N-SING 眼前所做之事；手头的事
  You can usebusinessto refer to something that you are doing or concerning yourself with.
  1. ...recording Ben as he goes about his business...
     录下本在处理事务时的镜头片断
  2. There was nothing left for the teams to do but get on with the business of racing.
     这些队除了继续参加赛跑比赛，没有什么别的事可做。
• N-UNCOUNT （需要处理的）重要事情，要点
  You can usebusinessto refer to important matters that you have to deal with.
  1. The most important business was left to the last...
     最重要的事留到最后来解决。
  2. I've got some unfinished business to attend to.
     我还有一些未完的事要处理。
• N-UNCOUNT 个人的事；私事
  If you say that something is yourbusiness, you mean that it concerns you personally and that other people have no right to ask questions about it or disagree with it.
  1. My sex life is my business...
     我的性生活是我自己的事。
  2. If she doesn't want the police involved, that's her business...
     如果她不想让警方介入，那是她自己的事。
  3. It's not our business.
     这不关我们的事。
• N-SING 事件；情况；活动
  You can usebusinessto refer in a general way to an event, situation, or activity. For example, you can say something is 'a wretched business' or you can refer to 'this assassination business'.
  1. We have sorted out this wretched business at last...
     我们最终还是把这件破事儿理顺了。
  2. This whole business is very puzzling.
     这件事从头到尾都很让人费解。
• N-SING （令人不快或耗费钱财的）活儿，事情
  You can usebusinesswhen describing a task that is unpleasant in some way. For example, if you say that doing something is a costlybusiness, you mean that it costs a lot.
  1. Coastal defence is a costly business...
     海防事务很耗费资财。
  2. Parenting can be a stressful business.
     为人父母会是一件压力很大的事。
• See also:big businessshow business
• PHR-RECIP 做买卖；做生意
  If two people or companiesdo business witheach other, one sells goods or services to the other.
  1. I was fascinated by the different people who did business with me.
     我对那些跟我做生意的形形色色的人非常感兴趣。
• PHRASE 无权；没有理由
  If you say that someonehas no business tobe in a place ortodo something, you mean that they have no right to be there or to do it.
  1. Really I had no business to be there at all.
     真的，我根本没有道理呆在那里。
• PHRASE 在经营中
  A company that isin businessis operating and trading.
  1. You can't stay in business without cash.
     没有现金，你无法运营。
• PHRASE 万事俱备
  If you say youare in business, you mean you have everything you need to start something immediately.
  1. All you need is a microphone, and you're in business.
     再来一只麦克风，你就万事俱备了。
• PHRASE 当真的；严肃的
  If you say that someonemeans business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing.
  1. Now people are starting to realise that he means business.
     人们现在才开始明白他不是在开玩笑。
• PHRASE 没你的事；少管闲事
  If you say to someone 'mind your own business' or 'it's none of your business', you are rudely telling them not to ask about something that does not concern them.
  1. I asked Laura what was wrong and she told me to mind my own business.
     我问劳拉发生了什么事，她让我少管闲事。
• PHRASE 决定做
  If youmake ityourbusiness todo something, you decide to do it, because you are interested in it or because you want to find out something.
  1. She made it her business to find out.
     她决定要查明真相。
• PHRASE 是不会（做）…的；才不会（做）
  If you say that youare not in the business ofdoing something, you are emphasizing that you do not do it, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that someone thinks you do.
  1. We are not in the business of subsidising scroungers.
     我们是不会资助那些乞丐的。
• PHRASE 停业；破产
  If a shop or company goesout of businessor is putout of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
  1. Thousands of firms could go out of business.
     成千上万个企业可能破产。
• PHRASE 同类中最好的
  If you say that someone or something isthe business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
  1. When you watch him in training, you realise that this lad is the business.
     当你观看他训练时，你就会意识到这个小伙子是最棒的。
• PHRASE 一切如常；处之泰然
  In a difficult situation, if you say it isbusiness as usual, you mean that people will continue doing what they normally do.
  1. The Queen was determined to show it was business as usual.
     女王决定表现出一切正常的样子。

双语例句

• The programme aims to forge links between higher education and small businesses
  这个项目旨在为高等教育和小企业之间建立联系。
• The banks are being told to think about small businesses a little more. And about time too.
  银行被告知要更多地为小企业考虑一下。的确是时候该这样做了。
• Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere
  企业感受到了别处经济衰退带来的间接影响。
• Companies will come together because of the sheer costs involved in globalising their businesses.
  由于业务全球化的成本太高，公司将进行合并。
• There are clear winners when a dam is built. Farmers get irrigation water, businesses get electricity
  大坝若是建成，会有一些明显的受益者：农民将得到灌溉用水，企业将得到电力。
• The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months
  大多数小企业在开张后的24个月内就倒闭了。
• The analysts applaud the cuts in marginal businesses, but insist the company must make deeper sacrifices
  分析家们赞同削减边缘业务，但坚持认为公司必须作出更大牺牲。
• Most businesses face plenty of competition
  大多数企业面临着巨大的竞争压力。
• Flags have been flying at half-mast, and schools, offices and businesses have been closed.
  降了半旗，学校、办公楼和商业场所也都关门了。
• American businesses could soon have a new kind of lawsuit to contend with.
  美国公司可能很快就要有一种新型的官司去应付了。