business/'bɪznɪs/

n.

➊ the activity of buying and selling goods and services

➋ work that you do as part of your job

➌ an organization that produces and sells goods or services

➍ the things that you do or the matters which relate only to you

n.

➊ [U] 生意，交易：do business with sb 与某人做生意

◇He decided to go into business. 他决定经商。

◇a place of business 商业区

◇business hours 营业时间

➋ [U] 公事，工作：I'm in Hangzhou on business. 我在杭州出差。

◇a business trip 出差

➌ [C] 公司；企业：a family business 家族企业

◇He ran （或started） a small business before graduation. 他毕业前就开了一家小公司。

➍ [U] 职责：That is none of your business. 这不关你事。

构词busy + i + -ness

常犯错误

✗ She's gone to Xiamen for business.

✓ She's gone to Xiamen on business. 她去厦门出差了。

辨析business; company; corporation; firm

辨析affair; business; matter; thing

谚语Everybody's business is nobody's business. 众人负责等于无人负责（即：一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚无水吃）。