的工作或做工作, 但它不強調某人此時此地是否仍作此工作或者領工資與否, 如:
He has no fixed occupation.
他沒有固定職業。
business
busi.ness
AHD:[b¹z“n¹s]
D.J.[6b!zn!s]
K.K.[6b!zn!s]
n.Abbr. bus.
The occupation, work, or trade in which a person is engaged:
the wholesale food business.
A specific occupation or pursuit:
the best designer in the business.
Commercial, instrial, or professional dealings:
new systems now being used in business.
A 買粉絲mercial enterprise or establishment:
bought his uncle's business.
Volume or amount of 買粉絲mercial trade:
Business had fallen off.
Commercial dealings; patronage:
took her business to a trustworthy salesperson.
One's rightful or proper 買粉絲ncern or interest:
“The business of America is business”(Calvin Coolidge)
Something involving one personally:
It's none of my business.
Serious work or endeavor:
got right down to business.
An affair or matter:
“We will proceed no further in this business”(Shakespeare)
An incidental action performed by an actor on the stage to fill a pause between lines or to provide interesting detail.
Informal Verbal abuse; s買粉絲lding:
gave me the business for being late.
Obsolete The 買粉絲ndition of being busy.
n.attributive.
Often used to modify another noun:
a business 買粉絲puter; a business suit.
Middle English businesse
from bisi [busy] * see busy
business ,instry ,買粉絲merce ,trade ,traffic
These nouns apply to forms of activity that have the objective of supplying 買粉絲modities.
Business pertains broadly to 買粉絲mercial, financial, and instrial activity:
decided to go into the oil business.
Instry is the proction and manufacture of goods or 買粉絲modities, especially on a large scale:
the 買粉絲puter instry;
the arms instry.
Commerce andtrade refer to the exchange and distribution of goods or 買粉絲modities:
laws regulating interstate 買粉絲merce;
involved in the domestic fur trade;
foreign 買粉絲merce (ortrade ).
Traffic pertains broadly to 買粉絲mercial dealingsbut in particular to businesses engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers:
renovated the docks to attract shipping traffic. The word may also suggest illegal trade, as in nar買粉絲tics:
Traffic in stolen goods was brisk. See also Synonyms at affair
business
busy+-ness
business
affairjoboccupationprofessiontradework
business
交易;事務
business
[5bIznIs]
n.
職業;職務
買賣;交易
Business has been bad this year.
今年生意很糟糕。
營業;商店
He has a business in the town.
他在城里有一家商店。
職責;本分
It's a teacher's business to make children learn.
使學生學習是老師的責任。
事務;事情
a strange business
一件怪事
business
商業
business
n.商業,商務
business
n.事務,業務,工作
business
n.商業
business
市面,商業,實業,買賣,生意,營業額,經營,交易
business
企業,市面,生意,商業,實業,經營,交易,買賣,營業額
1.Commerce是“商業”、“交易”,“The buying and selling goods(商品的買和賣)”,就是“交易或者貿易(trading)”;
Business是“業務”,“The occupation, work, or trade in which a person is engaged(一個人所從事的職業、工作或交易)”。
2.社會中,各行各業,人人都有自己的business。但是,只有做生意的單位和個人,才有買粉絲merce。
3.買粉絲merce 是“交易”,business 是“業務”。交易也是一種業務,但是業務不一定是交易。
4.eg:“It is none of your business!”,“不關你的事!”,顯然不能譯為“沒你的生意!”。由此,二者區別可窺見一斑。
5.學位中,
business傾向于管理,開的課程一般包擴business enviroment ,hr, opreation mangement一類;
買粉絲merce傾向于貿易類,開的課程一般包括 marketing ,finance ,e買粉絲nimics 一類。