英语词汇“to do one's business”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†P3. to do (one's) business: to take pains, try one's hardest, do one's best. to give business to: to pay attention to, attend to diligently. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost

forcec1340

to give business to1340

to set (up) one's rest1589

to strain every nerve1837

to shoot one's wad1914

1340To do business [see sense 2].

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 63 Yit woll I fonde To wryte and do my bisinesse.

1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 51 They will do her besynesse to fulfyll goddes will.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 166 Þei werren full wisely & allweys don here besynes to destroyen hire enemyes.

?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 373 He wol þat þai ȝeue bissynes to þe londe & not to þe lawe.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xv. ix. 214 In Greece was nothing more noble..then that Citye [sc. Athens], while it gaue businesse to study of..wisdome.

P7. colloquial. to do (also †be at) one's business: to defecate or (occasionally) to urinate .

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [verb (intransitive)]

to do one's business1596

to pluck a rose1613

to pay a call1648

to go backward1748

go1804

to do (one's) duty1935

to wash one's hands1938

to spend a penny1945

perform1963

1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. P ij He loues an easie cleanly Iaxe maruellous wel,..[and] if one be his deare friend, he will let him tarrie with him, while he is at his businesse.

1630 in Minutes Norwich Court of Mayoralty 1630–1 (1942) 86 He..turned downe his hose & did his busyness.

?1704 Mrs. Worthington Let. in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) vi. 123 Cate hath bene verey ill she cept up a day or 2 she canot due har bisnes.

1866 Secret Hist. Votary of Pleasure 18 One day, when I was ‘doing my business’, behind the barn, I heard the footsteps of a horse.

1993 Garden Answers May 56/2 Cats rarely do their business in their owners' gardens.

单词	to do one's business
释义	> as lemmas to do (one's) business †P3. to do (one's) business: to take pains, try one's hardest, do one's best. to give business to: to pay attention to, attend to diligently. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost forcec1340 to give business to1340 to set (up) one's rest1589 to strain every nerve1837 to shoot one's wad1914 1340To do business [see sense 2]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 63 Yit woll I fonde To wryte and do my bisinesse. 1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 51 They will do her besynesse to fulfyll goddes will. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 166 Þei werren full wisely & allweys don here besynes to destroyen hire enemyes. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 373 He wol þat þai ȝeue bissynes to þe londe & not to þe lawe. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum xv. ix. 214 In Greece was nothing more noble..then that Citye [sc. Athens], while it gaue businesse to study of..wisdome. extracted from businessn. to do (also †be at) one's business P7. colloquial. to do (also †be at) one's business: to defecate or (occasionally) to urinate . ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [verb (intransitive)] to do one's business1596 to pluck a rose1613 to pay a call1648 to go backward1748 go1804 to do (one's) duty1935 to wash one's hands1938 to spend a penny1945 perform1963 1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. P ij He loues an easie cleanly Iaxe maruellous wel,..[and] if one be his deare friend, he will let him tarrie with him, while he is at his businesse. 1630 in Minutes Norwich Court of Mayoralty 1630–1 (1942) 86 He..turned downe his hose & did his busyness. ?1704 Mrs. Worthington Let. in E. Hamilton Mordaunts (1965) vi. 123 Cate hath bene verey ill she cept up a day or 2 she canot due har bisnes. 1866 Secret Hist. Votary of Pleasure 18 One day, when I was ‘doing my business’, behind the barn, I heard the footsteps of a horse. 1993 Garden Answers May 56/2 Cats rarely do their business in their owners' gardens. extracted from businessn. < as lemmas
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