big adj. 1.大,巨大;大規(guī)模的;已長大的。 2.〔口語〕重要的,重大的;偉大的;出名的,極成功的,受歡迎的。 3.驕傲的,傲慢的,自大的。 4.懷著(孕),有(身子);〔比喻〕充滿著…的,洋溢著…的 (with)。 5.寬大的,寬宏大量的。 6.〔口語〕(風等)劇烈的。 a big house 大房子。 a big enterprise 大企業(yè)。 a big pay 高薪。 art with a big A 具有特種暗含意義的藝術;抽象的藝術。 the big man of the town 城中名人。 big words 豪言壯語,大話。 He looks big. 他神氣活現(xiàn)。 That's very big of you. 你真寬宏大量。 big with (young, child) 懷孕,有喜。 a question big with the fate of the Empire 有關帝國生死存亡的問題。 eyes big with tears 滿眼淚水。 a big storm [earthquake] 劇烈的風暴[地震]。 a big piece of news 重要新聞。 as big as life 和原物一樣大。 be big on 〔口語〕熱衷;偏愛。 be [get, grow] too big for one's boots [breeches, trousers] 妄自尊大,目中無人。 go over big 〔美口〕(演出等)大大成功;(演員等)大受歡迎。 make big 〔美俚〕飛黃騰達。 adv. 1.〔口語〕非常大量。 2.〔口語〕自大,夸大。 3.寬宏大量地。 4.成功地。 talk big吹牛。 eat big 食量大。 a big busy day 忙得不可開交的一天。 pay big 付給高薪[高報酬]。 n. 大亨,巨子;大公司。 n. -ness 大,巨大,龐大,重大;夸大 (bigness scale 粗測)。
business n. 1.事務,業(yè)務;事,事業(yè),行業(yè),工作。 2.實業(yè);商業(yè),營業(yè),買賣,交易;營業(yè)額,交易量;商情。 3.商店,企業(yè),公司;事務所。 4.職責,本分;權利。 5.要事,要務;難事。 6.【戲劇】動作,表情。 7.(會議等的)議程。 business as usual 照常營業(yè)。 follow the business of 以…為業(yè)。 What line of business is he in 他是干什么的? His business is poultry farming. 他從事養(yǎng)雞業(yè)。 hours of business[business hours] 營業(yè)[辦公]時間。 do good [a great] business 生意好,賺錢[做大買賣]。 We shut up business at six. 我們六點鐘停止營業(yè)。 depression of business商情不景氣。 domestic [foreign] business國內(nèi)[對外]貿(mào)易。 open a business 開店[開業(yè)]。 build [set] up a business開店,設商號。 His business is on the corner of Broadway and Elm street. 他的商號設在百老匯和埃爾姆街拐角的地方。 business centre 商業(yè)中心。 What a business it is! 實在麻煩!an awkward business麻煩事。 What is your business here 有什么事? It is none of your business. 不關你事,別管閑事。 I have business with him. 我跟他有要緊的事要談。 It's your business to wash the dishes now. 現(xiàn)在該你洗碗碟了。 be doing good business with 和…關系不錯。 business accounting unit 經(jīng)濟核算單位。 B- before pleasure. 正事要緊。 the business end 〔俚語〕(工具等)起作用的部分,使用[銳利]的一頭 (the business end of a scythe 大鐮刀的刀身。 the business end of a revolver 手槍的槍身)。 B- is business . 公事公辦;生意是生意,交情歸交情。 come [get] to business 動手做事;言歸正傳。 do sb.'s business = do the business for sb. 〔口語〕要某人的命(That much will be enough to do his business. 那就足夠要他的命了。 This will do the business for him. 這會要他的命的)。 enter on [upon] business 開業(yè)。 Everybody's business is nobody's business . 人人負責,結果無人負責。 get down to business 認真干起來。 get [give] the business 〔美俚〕(被)粗暴地對待;(被)作弄。 go about one's business 做自己的事;〔常作命令式〕(Go about your business. 去你的,走開)。 go into business 入實業(yè)界做生意。 go out of business 停業(yè);改行。 go to business 上班。 Good business! 干得好!妙極了! have no business to do [say] sth. 沒有做[說]某事的權利[道理]。 (You have no business coming into this house. 你沒有進這個屋子的權利。 The weather has no business to be so warm in winter. 冬天的氣候不該這樣暖和)。 know one's business 精通本行。 like nobody's business 〔口語〕特別地。 make business of 以…為業(yè)。 make a great business of it 覺得難辦[棘手],甚覺麻煩。 make the business for 了結。 man of business 1. 實業(yè)家;事務家。 2. 商業(yè)[法律]代理人 (He is a man of business. 他是一個實業(yè)家。 He is her man of business. 他是她的商業(yè)[法律]代理人)。 mean business (行動、話等)是當真的(I mean business. 我是當真的,不是說笑。 By the fire in his eyes we know that he meant business. 從他憤怒的眼神中,我們看出他不是說著玩的)。 Mind your own business . 不要管閑事。 monkey business 〔美俚〕胡鬧;欺騙。 on business 因公,有事,有要事(No admittance except on business. 非公莫入,閑人免進)。 out of business 破產(chǎn),失業(yè)。 send sb. about his business 趕走某人;辭退[解聘]某人。 stick to one's business 專心做事。 talk business 說正經(jīng)話,談正經(jīng)的。 adj. -like 1.事務式的;有條理的。 2.有效的,講究實際的 (a business administration 有效的經(jīng)營。 He did his work in a business way. 他踏踏實實地工作)。
commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies; "big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively"
百科解釋
Big business is large-scale, corporate-controlled, financial or business activities. As a term, it is typically used to describe activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things.