单词 | business |
释义 | Word Frequency business(ˈbɪznɪs) noun 1. a trade or profession 2. an industrial, commercial, or professional operation; purchase and sale of goods and services the tailoring business 3. a commercial or industrial establishment, such as a firm or factory 4. commercial activity; dealings (esp in the phrase do business) 5. volume or quantity of commercial activity business is poor today 6. commercial policy or procedure overcharging is bad business 7. proper or rightful concern or responsibility (often in the phrase mind one's own business) 8. a special task; assignment 9. a matter or matters to be attended to the business of the meeting 10. an affair; matter a strange business I'm tired of the whole business 11. serious work or activity get down to business 12. a complicated affair; rigmarole 13. informal a vaguely defined collection or area jets, fast cars, and all that business 14. Also called: stage business theatre an incidental action, such as lighting a pipe, performed by an actor for dramatic effect 15. a group of ferrets 16. euphemistic defecation (esp in the phrase do one's business) 17. slang prostitution 18. like nobody's business 19. mean business 20. do the business Word origin Old English bisignis solicitude, attentiveness, from bisig busy + -nis -ness |
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