do business
做生意,做事,开展业务,经商
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Definitions
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- : an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- : the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit.
- : a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service; profit-seeking enterprise or concern.
- : volume of trade; patronage: Most of the store's business comes from local families.
- : a building or site where commercial work is carried on, as a factory, store, or office; place of work: His business is on the corner of Broadway and Elm Street.
- : that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned: Words are a writer's business.
- : something with which a person is rightfully concerned: What they are doing is none of my business.
- : affair; project: We were exasperated by the whole business.
- : an assignment or task; chore: It's your business to wash the dishes now.
- : Also called piece of business, stage business. Theater. a movement or gesture, especially a minor one, used by an actor to give expressiveness, drama, detail, etc., to a scene or to help portray a character.
- : excrement: used as a euphemism.
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- : of, noting, or pertaining to business, its organization, or its procedures.
- : containing, suitable for, or welcoming business or commerce: New York is a good business town.
Phrases
- business as usual
- funny business
- get down to (business)
- go about (one's business)
- have no business doing
- land-office business
- like mad (nobody's business)
- make it one's business
- mean business
- mind one's own business
- monkey business
- none of one's business
- out of business
- send someone about his or her business
- the business
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It’s unconscionable to go home before the election without helping families and small businesses, and I think there’s a deep recognition that now, at this point, that it’s simply impossible to go home without getting something done.
Another idea circulating in the House is to pass individual bills, such as new business loans or unemployment help, just to show or remind Americans that House Democrats are trying to help.
The full restrictions at issue have now eased, but a variety of limitations on businesses and gatherings remain in effect.
Before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered businesses and sent unemployment soaring, the president could certainly brag about the state of the economy in his first three years as president.
The plan calls for accelerating access to reconstruction funding, forgiving disaster relief loans to municipalities and bolstering local businesses.
I was a little mystified at how benignly he responded to my questions about his business activities.
This reporter knocked at the Wilkins home on Tuesday morning but received neither an answer nor the business end of a shotgun.
“Competition is there, of course, but I think there is enough business for everyone as long as the demand is there,” he says.
Last March they gave Airbus a huge piece of new business, ordering 169 A320s and 65 of the slightly larger A321.
Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.
A letter from Fajardo to the king (December 10, 1621) concerns various matters of administration and business.
The father of Mr. Stacy Marks predestined him for the coach-building business.
That, and a range war that grew out of the killing, and some kind of a business deal just about broke them.
But he could not bear the reflection, and with fevered impatience, he hurried through the business of the morning.