8. Business ['biznis]
Basic need 音形義
Everyday Expressions
n. 職務(wù),職責(zé)
It's your business to take care of the kids. (你的職責(zé)是照顧孩子。)
=It's your responsibility.
n. 職業(yè)
What line of business are you in? (你從事那一行?)
n. 商業(yè)
John wants to go into business when he leaves university.
復(fù)合詞語
businessman/ businesswoman (商人(男/女));
businesslike (公事化的);
business hours (營業(yè)時(shí)間,辦公時(shí)間)
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
娛樂圈 show biz (business)
show time 演出時(shí)間
show off 顯擺
show up 出現(xiàn) (I waited for you for half an hour, why didn't you show up? )
開始辦正事,言歸正傳 ---to get (down) to business
別管閑事 mind one's own business
與......無關(guān),沒有權(quán)力...... have no business to (do)
忙自己的事情 go about one's business
破產(chǎn),倒閉 go out of business
習(xí)語與俗語Idioms & Slangs
business is business 公事公辦
sb. mean business 某人是當(dāng)真的 (跟某人表白,別人不當(dāng)真,可以說I mean business.或者I mean it.;I don’t mean it. 我不是有意的)
It's none of your business. 不關(guān)你的事。
生活用語 Street Talks
A: Hi, Bob, how's business? (情況如何?)
B: Just okay.
A: Okay, enough small talk. Let's get down to business/ talk business. (談?wù)}吧)
B: Good idea.
small talk 拉東拉西的說, talk business 談?wù)聝?/P>
A: Since we're good friends, you don't have to pay me.
B: No, I can't accept it. Business is business.
A: Joanna, will you go out with me tonight?
B: I'd like to, but I'm afraid I can't. I have another date tonight.
A: With who?
B: David! C'mon! It's none of your business. (你就別管了。)
A: Why are you so happy?
B: Well, the bank just called and agreed to finance us. So we are in business now, buddy!
I've got a bank loan. 我已經(jīng)搞到了貸款。
A: Hi Jane where's your husband?
B: He's away on business.
on business 出差
I majored in bookkeeping in business school.
諺語 Proverbs
Business makes a man as well as tries him. 事業(yè)既會(huì)考驗(yàn)人,也會(huì)造就人。
try sb. 考驗(yàn)?zāi)橙?/P>
Business is the salt of life. 事業(yè)是人生之鹽,不可缺少。