| 释义 |
ˈbusiness-like, a.
Of persons and things: Suitable for business, befitting business; apt for business, practical, methodical, systematic. Hence ˈbusinessˌlike-ness.
1791Burke Corr. (1844) III. 349 They are steady, sensible, and have business-like heads. 1804G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 157 His Lordship..had hardly ever anything businesslike to say. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. I. ii. 18 Inveterate and business-like gamblers. 1886Pall Mall Budg. 8 July 28/2 The essence of businesslikeness. |