n. 生意, 事情, 业务, 商业, 商行, 职责

[经] 企业, 商业, 营业

Business \Busi"ness\ (b[i^]z"n[e^]s), n.; pl. {Businesses}
(b[i^]z"n[e^]s*[e^]z). [From {Busy}.]
1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time,
attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern
or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time;
constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business
of life; business before pleasure.

Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's
business? --Luke ii. 49.

2. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for
livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a
profession. ``The business of instruction.'' --Prescott.

3. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in
general; mercantile transactions.

It seldom happens that men of a studious turn
acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge
of business. --Bp. Popteus.

4. That which one has to do or should do; special service,
duty, or mission.

The daughter of the King of France,
On serious business, craving quick despatch,
Importunes personal conference. --Shak.

What business has the tortoise among the clouds?
--L'Estrange.

5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense,
and modified by the connected words.

It was a gentle business, and becoming
The action of good women. --Shak.

Bestow
Your needful counsel to our business. --Shak.

6. (Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons
and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by
the stage manager in rehearsal.

7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

{To do one's business}, to ruin one. [Colloq.] --Wycherley.

{To make (a thing) one's business}, to occupy one's self with
a thing as a special charge or duty. [Colloq.]

{To mean business}, to be earnest. [Colloq.]

Syn: Affairs; concern; transaction; matter; engagement;
employment; calling; occupation; trade; profession;
vocation; office; duty.