business cycle

经济周期，商业周期

【例】Writers on business cycles nowadays tend to attach attention to the two phases: prosperity and depression, or boom and slump.

现在写经济周期现象的作者总是注意两个时期：繁荣期和萧条期，或兴旺期和不景气。

businesslike

有条理的，效率高的，注重实效的

【例】He can run his store in a businesslike way.

他能够有条不紊地管理商店。

businessperson

商人

【例】Even though it hadn’t been my goal, I became a businessperson.

即使这不是我的目标，我还是成了一个商人。