businesslike

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
    — The gunners stood by the guns waiting, and the ammunition waggons were at a business-like distance.
  2. Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
    — Then, with a businesslike rigor, he grasped the outstretched palm of Casey DeSantis, Florida’s first lady.

词形变化

more businesslike comparative most businesslike superlative business-like alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
businesslikely businesslikeness unbusinesslike

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *bisīg
Old English bisiġ
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Old English bisiġnes
Middle English bisynes
English business
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English businesslike
From business + -like.
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