big business

英 [ˌbɪɡ ˈbɪznəs]

美 [ˌbɪɡ ˈbɪznəs]

n. (统称)大企业; 大生意

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noun

（统称）大企业
large companies which have a lot of power, considered as a group
1. links between politics and big business
  政治和大企业之间的联系
大生意
something that has become important because people are willing to spend a lot of money on it
1. Health and fitness have become big business.
  保健已经成为大生意。

N-UNCOUNT 大公司；大企业
Big businessis business which involves very large companies and very large sums of money.
1. Big business will never let petty nationalism get in the way of a good deal.
  大企业永远不会让狭隘的民族主义妨碍它们做大好的买卖。
N-UNCOUNT 大买卖；大生意；大宗业务
Something that isbig businessis something which people spend a lot of money on, and which has become an important commercial activity.
1. Britain's railways are big business...
  英国的铁路业务规模巨大。
2. Sport has become big business.
  体育已经成了一大产业。

noun

commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies
1. big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively

Big business enjoys certain priviledges that small ones do not.
大商行享有小商店所没有的优惠权。
Investing in real estate projects in exchange for legal immigration status has become big business in New York City.
投资房地产换取合法移民身份成了纽约城的一项大买卖。
In other countries, this is a big business!
在别国，航空保险是多么大的一项生意啊！
It's really great when big business and government work so closely together.
大公司和政府紧密合作的时候实在是太棒了。
Organized science had allied itself with big business and government.
有组织的科学研究已经与大企业和政府联系起来。
This is a big business.
这是一个大的生意。
To the pressure of big business and brought down interest rates.
政府屈服于大企业的压力，降低了利率。
From big business we have There's no such thing as a free lunch, meaning nothing is free.
从大企业那儿我们学到了“没有免费的午餐”，意思是没有什么是白给的。
Sport has become big business.
体育已经成了一大产业。
Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business
洋子主要是做大生意。