Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #215
Fully loadedbusiness
企业；商行
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- 1.
A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
特定的商业企业或机构。
- 2.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
工商业企业及其组成人员
- 3.
A person's occupation, work, or trade.
个人的职业、工作或行业。
- 4.
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
涉及金融、商业和工业的商品与服务经营活动
- 5.
Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
商业、工业或专业活动
- 6.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
谋生的主要活动
- 7.
The volume or amount of commercial trade.
商业交易的量或金额
- 8.
One's dealings; patronage.
个人的交易；惠顾
- 9.
Private commercial interests taken collectively.
私人商业利益的集合
- 10.
The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
商业企业的管理或此类管理的研究
- 11.
A particular situation or activity.
特定情况或活动
- 12.
Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
需要处理的任何活动或目标,尤其是财务或法律事务
- 13.
Something involving one personally.
涉及个人的事情
- 14.
Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
提交给机构审议或行动的事项
- 15.
Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
商务舱,航空公司提供的介于头等舱和经济舱之间的座位等级
- 16.
Matters.
事务
特定的商业企业或机构。；工商业企业及其组成人员；个人的职业、工作或行业。；涉及金融、商业和工业的商品与服务经营活动；商业、工业或专业活动
In use
She started her own business selling handmade soap online.
The family business has been running for over fifty years.
After leaving his job, Tom opened a small business in the city center.
he bought his brother's business
a small mom-and-pop business
a racially integrated business concern
computers are now widely used in business
he's not in my line of business
run a business
run a business 表示经营或管理一个企业，是常见搭配。
Connections
Collocations
- do business
- 做生意；做买卖
- Our company does business with clients in over 30 countries.我们公司与30多个国家的客户有生意往来。
- run a business
- 经营一家企业
- She runs a small online business selling handmade crafts.她经营一家卖手工艺品的小型网店。
- business meeting
- 商务会议
- We have a business meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow.我们明天上午十点有一个商务会议。
- business plan
- 商业计划；企划书
- Before starting the company, they wrote a detailed business plan.在创办公司之前，他们写了一份详细的商业计划书。
- family business
- 家族企业；家庭生意
- The restaurant is a family business that has been operating for three generations.这家餐厅是一个家族企业，已经经营了三代人。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将 business 拆分成 busi（像‘忙死’）和 ness（状态），联想为‘忙到死的事务’。
Context & Register
register: mixed; typical settings: 商务会议, 商业文件, 日常交谈, 学术文章; note_zh: “business”在不同语境中语域跨度大，通常正式场合指商业或企业，非正式场合可指个人事务，需根据具体含义判断。
Grammar Note
Often used with prepositions: in business, on business.
Pronunciation & Spelling
No perfect rhymes with business exist. All listed words share the spelling suffix 'ness' but differ in stressed vowel, so they do not rhyme. Only fitness and witness share the same stressed vowel /ɪ/ as business, but the following consonant differs (/t/ vs /d/), so they are not perfect rhymes. Be careful not to assume rhyme based on spelling.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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