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the 'business end noun [sing.] ~ (of sth) {informaf) the end of a tool or weapon which performs its main func- tiop (工具或武器）行使主要功能的一端，使用的一头 'business hours noun [pi.] the hours in a day that a shop/store or company is. open 营业时间；.办公而•间 busi-ness.like /'biznaslaik/ adj. (of a person 人） working in an efficient and organized way and not wasting time or thinking about personal things 效率高 的；井然有序的；工作认真而有条理的：She adopted a brisfc busfnessWce tone•她用一种公务口吻，■说舍干脆 利落：

busi.ness.man 〇■» /’biznasmaen; -man/, busi­ness-woman /'biznaswuman/ noun (pi. -men /-men/, -women /-wimin/)

1                  a person who works in business, especially at a high level (尤指上层）商#人M;企业家2 a person who is skilful in business and financial' matters 商界能手；善 做生意的人：I should have got a better price for the car, but J’m not much 〇/a businessman.那辆车我本应卖个更 好p价钱，但我不大会做生意。

'business park noun an area of land that is specially designed for offices and small factories 工商业园区 'business school noun a part of a college or university that teaches business, often to graduates (= people who already have a first degree)(.大学里针对卓业生 的)_工商学院

'business studies noun [U+sing./pl. v.] the study of subjects connected with money and managing a busi- ness 企业管理研究；商学：a degree in busfnessistudies 企业管理学位

,business-to-'business [usually before noun] {abbr.

B2B) done between one business and another rather than between a business and its ordinary customers

企业对企业的

bus.ing(AMm£) = bussing

busk /bAsk/ verb [V] to perform music in a public place and ask for money from people passing by 街头卖..艺 ► busier noun blisk-ing noun [U]

’bus lane ziow/1 a part of.a road that only buses are allowed to use公共汽车专鬼道 bus-load /'bAslaud; NAmE -loud/ noun (especially NAm£) a large group of people on a bus公共汽幸上一大车的人 .bus-man^s 'holi-day noun [sing.] a holiday that is spent doing the same thing that you do at work 做曰常 工'作的#曰：

'bus pass noun 1 a ticket that allows you to travel on any bus within a particular area for a fixed period of time公军月票.（凭此票可在特定时间内在某一地区乘坐 任何公共汽’车）2 a ticket that allows people from particular groups (for example, students or old people) to travel free or at a reduced cost 免费巴士票，乘幸优 惠票（为学生、老人等而设）：（8rf，hwmomt/s) J’m not oW enough/or my bus pass yet/我还不到领取免费乘车票 坼年齡。

'bus shelter noun a structure with a roof where people can stand while they are waiting for a bus 公共:汽军'■棒

车？

buss-ing (also NAmE busAng) /'bAsir)/ noun [U] (in the US) a system of transporting young people by bus to another area so that students of different races can be educated together (美国）校车接送制度（用校车接送 学生去其#校区上学，让不同种族的学生一同受教育）

'bus station noun the place in a town or city where buses (especially to or from other towns) leave and arrive公共汽车站；（尤指）长途汽车站 'bus stop noun a place at the side of a road that is marked with a sign, where buses stop 公寒汽车停靠站 bust /bAst/ verb, noun, adj.

m verb (bust, bust or bust-ed, bust-ed) [VN] (informal) 1 to break sth打破；摔碎：J bust my camera.義把照知机摔 环下。：.〇7716收/215<1厂6?)1^6立;:打泡被砸碎了。〇01〇爪6 ouf, orili bust the door down/ 出^5,..不然我^砸门了！

〜sb/sth (for sth) (of the police 警方）to suddenly enter a place and searcii it or arrest sb 突_搜查（或搜捕）： ffe’s been bLtsted /or dru^s.他因涉—毒品而 M 到抝捕。