这些名词均含“贸易，交易”之意。
business : 指包括售货、购货、换货在内的综合商业活动，方式可以是批发或零售。
- My brother's in business.
我哥哥经商。 - He's in the frozen food business.
他做冷冻食品生意。 - Our firm does a lot of business with overseas customers.
我们公司与海外客户的生意往来很多。 - Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do business with (= with whom they could work well).
最后他们找到了一个他们觉得可以与其愉快合作的顾问。 - Currently, there are fewer firms in business (= operating) in the area than ever before.
目前在该地区经营的公司比以往任何时候都少。 - This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of business (= they will stop operating).
这项新的税收将导致许多小企业倒闭。 - She set up in business (= started her own company) as a management consultant.
她自己开办公司提供管理咨询服务。
commerce : 多指大规模的买卖或易货关系。
- the world of commerce and industry
工商界 - leaders of industry and commerce
工商界领导人 - They have made their fortunes from industry and commerce.
他们靠工商业发了财。 - The business is no longer regarded as a citadel of commerce.
该行业不再被视为贸易的堡垒。
trade : 普通用词，含义广。既可指某种具体的商业又可指广泛的贸易。
- The country's trade in manufactured goods has expanded in the last ten years.
该国的工业品贸易在最近10年里扩大了规模。 - 70 percent of the country's trade is with Europe.
该国70%的贸易是和欧洲进行的。 - The two countries have signed a trade agreement for one year only.
这两个国家签署了一项为期仅1年的贸易协定。
bargain : 多指买卖双方通过谈判、协商就商品质量、数量、价格等项达成协议所成的生意。
- The treaty was based on a bargain between the French and German governments.
这个条约是以法国和德国政府之间的一个协议为基础的。 - "I'll clean the kitchen if you clean the car." "OK, it's a bargain."
“如果你洗车我就打扫厨房。”“好，就这么定了！” - The management and employees eventually struck/made a bargain (= reached an agreement).
劳资双方最终达成了协议。
deal : 口语用词，指买卖双方经过交涉达成协议成交。
- a business deal
商业交易 - The unions and management have made a two-year pay and productivity deal.
工会和管理层签订了一份为期两年的工资与生产效率协议。 - I'll make/do a deal with you - you wash the car and I'll let you use it tonight.
我和你做个交易吧——你把车洗了，今晚就让你用。 - She got a good deal (= paid a low price) on her new house.
她买新房子时捡了个大便宜。 - Is industry getting a raw/rough deal from (= being unfairly/badly treated by) the EU?
生产制造业是否正受到欧盟的不公平／恶劣待遇？
