business
/ˈbɪznəs/
TRADE贸易
商业;买卖;生意
It's been a pleasure to do business with you.
和你做生意很愉快。
How's business?
生意怎么样?
Business was bad.
生意不景气。
WORK工作
商务;公事
on business出差
I'm here on business.
我来这里出差。
He's away on business.
他出差去了。
COMPANY公司
企业;公司;商店
to have/start/run a business
拥有/开办/经营企业
He started his own business after graduation.
他毕业后自己创业。
RESPONSIBILITY职责
归(某人或某机构)管的事;职责
government business
政府事务
This is none of your business.
这与你无关。
Mind your own business.
管好你自己的事情。
Linda is going to lay aside money to start a business.
琳达打算把钱存起来创业。
Jack dropped out of school and planned to start his own business.
杰克辍学并计划自己创业。
The little boy has a dream that one day he can have his own company.
小男孩梦想有一天可以建立一家属于自己的公司。
More and more college students choose to start a business after graduation.
越来越多的大学生毕业后选择创业。
A: You will graduate next month, why not start searching for a job?
你下个月就毕业了,为什么不开始找工作呢?
search/look for表示“寻找”
B: I want to do something more challenging.
我想做点更具有挑战性的事情。
A: Like what?
比如说呢?
B: I plan to set up in business on my own account.
我计划自己创业。
set up in business表示“创业”,on my own account表示“为我自己”
A: That sounds great, but it is not a good time for you to start your own business.
听起来很不错,但是对你来说,创业还不是时候。
B: Why?
为什么?
A: In my personal point of view, it's unpractical for college students to be self-employed. College students have little experience in managing a business. They're not familiar with the real business world.
我个人认为,大学生自主创业是不现实的。
大学生几乎没有从商经验,而且他们对商业圈还非常陌生。
in my (personal) point of view表示“依我个人看来”,类似表达还有in my view/opinion
B: More and more college students choose to start a business after graduation. I think it is an attractive choice and a good way for college students to start careers.
越来越多的大学生毕业之后选择创业,我认为这是一个极具吸引力的选择,也是一个好的职业开端。
A: I don't mean to discourage you, but most new business has failed. Are you fully prepared for starting a business?
我不是想打击你,但是很多刚开始创业的人都失败了,你准备好作业了吗?
be fully prepared for doing..表示“做好充分准备做...”,比如:I am fully prepared for this exam.这次考试我已经充分准备好了。
B: Sure I am.
当然准备好了。