大家想用英文表示「業務」時,會用什麼單字呢?
應該很多人馬上想到的都會是“sales”吧。
其實除了這個之外還有很多表示「業務」的英文單字喔!
另外,還有跑業務、銷售人員、企業銷售等等的表現。
因此這次我將用例句來徹底說明關於「業務」的英文!
不只是商業用語,這些英文在TOEIC等的考試、日常生活中等都有機會用到,一起來學習吧。
Contents
- 「業務」的英文
- 其他相關的英文
- 銷售活動:business activity, sales activity
- 銷售成績:business performance, sales performance
- 自營業:self-employed, Self-employment
- 營業時間:business hours
- 銷售人員:salesperson, salesman, saleswoman
- 企業銷售:corporate sales
- 上門推銷:walk-in sales
- 營業日:business day
- 營業所:business office, service office
- The business office in Osaka is a bit far from the station, so he needs a car. (因為大阪的營業所離車站有點遠,所以他需要一台車。)
- She was transferred from the business office to the head office. (她已經從營業所被調動到了總公司。)
- I wrote about my sales experience in my work history and was asked about it during the interview. (我在履歷上寫了有關銷售經驗的經歷,在面試中也被問到了。)
- I have found that people with extensive sales experience are very good listeners. (我覺得銷售經驗豐富的人非常善於傾聽。)
- His sales experience in Thailand will be useful for future overseas expansion. (他在泰國的銷售經驗對於未來的海外拓展將會非常有幫助。)
- 總結
「業務」的英文
英文中用來表示「業務」的單字如下:
・business
・sales
・operation
那麼就一個一來看看它們的用法和意思吧!
business
business:工作、職業、業務、事業
這個單字有很多種解釋。
根據使用的場合,意思就會不一樣。
像「為了賺錢,購買或出售物品,提供商品或服務等。」這樣的情況時就可以使用。
<business 的例句>
My father started his own business.
(我的父親開始了他的事業。)
Starting your own business is no easy task.
(要自己創業不是一件簡單的事情。)
I am learning business English in an English conversation class because I want to do overseas business in the future.
(因為將來想從事跨國事業,所以我正在英文會話教室學習商業英文。)
sales
sales:販賣
這裡的sales是形容詞,「販賣的」。是當某人販售某物時可以用的單字。
對於從事銷售活動的人,我們會說是「salesman」對吧。這時就可以使用它。
<sales 的例句>
He learned from his bosses how to make sales.
(他從上司那邊學了如何跑業務。)
She is very knowledgeable about insurance sales because she sells insurance abroad.
(關於保險業務,她的知識很豐富。因為她從事海外保險的業務。)
It is difficult to conduct sales activities for new products.
(推銷新商品的活動是很困難的。)
operation
operation:動作、營運、經營、業務
除了busines和sales以外,operation也很常用。Operation是「何使某物移動」「進行作業」的意思。
當想要表達有關店鋪的業務或以何種風格運作時,很常使用到這個單字。
<operation 的例句>
When asked about hours of operation, the owner said, “The store is open until 10 p.m.”
(當問到營業時間時,店長回「這間店營業到晚上10點。」。)
In winter, the hours of operation are shorter than usual.
(在冬天,營業時間通常會比平常還短。)
The hours of operation of that café are shorter than those of other cafés.
(這間咖啡廳的營業時間比其他家還要短。)
其他相關的英文
在「業務」的前後會有哪些詞語呢?
這裡我舉了幾個例子。
・銷售活動:business activity
・銷售成績:business performance
・自營業:self-employed
・營業時間:business hours
・銷售人員:salesperson, salesman, saleswoman
・企業銷售:corporate sales
・上門推銷:Walk-in sales
・營業日:business day
・營業所:business office, service office
・銷售經驗:sales experience
讓我們一起看看幾個例句,來學習這些詞語是在什麼樣的情況下使用吧!
銷售活動:business activity, sales activity
<business activity 的例句>
Our company prohibits sales activities after 6 p.m.
(我們公司在晚上6點之後禁止進行銷售活動。)
It has been 10 years since I started my advertising sales activities.
(我從事廣告銷售的活動已經有10年了。)
銷售成績:business performance, sales performance
<business performance 的例句>
Business performance this quarter was better than last year.
(這季的銷售成績比起去年還要好。)
I started reading because I want to improve my sales performance.
(因為想要提高我的銷售成績,我開始讀書了。)
自營業:self-employed, Self-employment
<self-employed 的例句>
Being self-employed is my dream.
(自己當老闆是我的夢想。)
Self-employment is very difficult because you do everything yourself.
(由於所有事情都得自己處理,所以自營業是很困難的事情。)
營業時間:business hours
<business hours 的例句>
A notice of reduced business hours was posted on the bulletin board.
(業務時間縮短的公告被貼在佈告欄上了。)
Today’s business hours are until 9:00 p.m.
(今天的營業時間到晚上9點。)
銷售人員:salesperson, salesman, saleswoman
<salesperson, salesman, saleswoman 的例句>
Salespeople must attend today’s meeting.
(銷售人員必須要出席今天的會議。)
Salesmen always wear suits.
(銷售人員一直都穿著西裝。)
企業銷售:corporate sales
<corporate sales 的例句>
This spring she was assigned to the Corporate Sales Department.
(從今年春天開始,她被分配到企業銷售部門。)
My experience in corporate sales was very useful during my job search.
(我的企業銷售經驗對於轉職非常有幫助。)
上門推銷:walk-in sales
<walk-in sales 的例句>
I don’t want to work as a walk-in sales anymore.
(我已經不想再從事上門推銷的工作了。)
I left my company last month due to the stress of working as a walk-in sales.
(因為對上門推銷感到很有壓力,所以我上個月辭職了。)
營業日:business day
<business day 的例句>
The only business days are Saturdays and Sundays.
(營業日只有六日而已。)
Please check the website for business days.
(請在網站上確認營業日。)
營業所:business office, service office
<business office, service office 的例句>
The business office in Osaka is a bit far from the station, so he needs a car.
(因為大阪的營業所離車站有點遠,所以他需要一台車。)
She was transferred from the business office to the head office.
(她已經從營業所被調動到了總公司。)
銷售經驗:sales experience
<sales experience 的例句>
I wrote about my sales experience in my work history and was asked about it during the interview.
(我在履歷上寫了有關銷售經驗的經歷,在面試中也被問到了。)
I have found that people with extensive sales experience are very good listeners.
(我覺得銷售經驗豐富的人非常善於傾聽。)
His sales experience in Thailand will be useful for future overseas expansion.
(他在泰國的銷售經驗對於未來的海外拓展將會非常有幫助。)
總結
看到這邊的大家,辛苦了!
有太多關於「業務」的表現了,很難全部記住對吧。
透過將這些英文應用在實際對話中、或在閱讀英文時下意識地去注意,就可以加深你的理解喔。
在還沒忘記之前,透過大量接觸例句,好好把它們記住吧!