名 affair，business，a surname；动 be engaged in，devote to，must，should ；

debt，liabilities，amount due，engagement，indebtedness；

[例句] 银行预支12亿美元帮助该国偿还债务。 The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments.

[例句] 未偿债务总额达700亿美元。 The total debt outstanding is $70 billion.

assignment，mission，task，duty，[电影]The Task；

[例句] 我们的新任务是到1995年底增到200亿美元. Our new task is to reach US $ 20 billion by the end of 1995.

[例句] 付款后,才完成任务,即赚300元,使用上面的链接. Payment is only after completing the task ie earning $ 300 using the link above.

serve，service；

[例句] 她可以打电话点餐，叫人来取要洗的衣服以及叫其他各种服务。 She could ring for food and drink, laundry and sundry services.

[例句] 服务项目包括避孕建议和健康检查，并且免费提供。 The service covers contraceptive advice and health checks, and is available free.

vocational work，professional work，business，service，operation ；

[例句] 管理层对业务发展的态势充满信心。 Management is confident about the way business is progressing.

[例句] 这意味着在贷款业务剧增时小银行能够获得大笔利润。 This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms.

finance，financial affairs，financing ；

[例句] 有关财务丑闻的谣言接连不断地冒出来。 Rumours of financial scandals have come bubbling back to the surface.

[例句] 应该要求公司使其财务状况更为透明化。 Companies should be made to reveal more about their financial position.

work，routine，affairs，general affairs，affair ；

[例句] 他们时常陷入枯燥的日常事务之中。 All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.

[例句] 他们对外人擅自干预他们的事务非常愤慨。 They're resentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs.

duty，obligation，volunteer，voluntary，incumbency ；

[例句] 这部电影探讨了公共义务和个人情感之间的冲突。 The film explored the tension between public duty and personal affections.

[例句] 贝克依然有义务服从。 It was still Baker's duty to obey.

commercial affairs，business affairs，commerce ；

[例句] 你可以付费升级到商务舱。 You can pay to be upgraded to a business class seat.

[例句] 商务飞机订单减少后公司精减了65,000名工人。 The company laid off 65,000 workers after commercial-jet orders dried up.

post，duties，job，function，business ；

[例句] 针对他是否能胜任最高职务展开了争论。 There is a debate about his fitness for the highest office.

[例句] 草地网球协会暂停了卡斯尔先生在英国队的职务。 The Lawn Tennis Association suspended Mr Castle from the British team.

general affairs，general services，person in charge of general affairs ；

[例句] 他管总务. He is in charge of the general affairs.

[例句] 我会通知总务部,尽快安排好. I'll call the General Affairs Department and make arrangements right away.

household duties，house-hold，housework，menage ；

[例句] 他和一位帮他料理家务的姑妈住在一起。 He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.

[例句] 做家务真的会让人大汗淋漓。 You can really work up a sweat doing housework.

odd jobs，sundry duties，chore ；

[例句] 他继续剪草坪，并做些其他日常杂务。 He continued to mow the lawn and do other routine chores.

[例句] 她整个上午都在做杂务. Her whole morning was spent in fetching and carrying.

must，be sure to，for god's sake，without fail ；

[例句] 精神科医生务必要学会保持超乎寻常的客观态度。 The psychiatrist must learn to maintain an unusual degree of objectivity.

[例句] 务必看看莫泽雷勒干酪是怎么制成的，在第65页。 Be sure to read about how mozzarella is made, on page 65.

make sure，ensure ；

[例句] 务使大家明了这一点. Be sure to make this point clear to everyone.

[例句] 务使他相信此事. Be sure to make him believe it.

accountability，be amenable to，be in duty bound to ；

[例句] 贝克依然有义务服从。 It was still Baker's duty to obey.

[例句] 所有成年男子都有义务应征入伍。 All adult males will be liable for conscription.

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[例句] 钱可以用来换取商品或服务。 Money can be exchanged for goods or services.

[例句] 如果产品或服务达不到我期望的,我会写一封投诉信. I write a letter of complaint if the product or service is not what I expect.

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