buccaneering
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌbʌkəˈnɪərɪŋ/usused todescribebusinesspeoplewho aredeterminedtosucceedevenif thisinvolvestakingbigrisks:
He was theoriginalbuccaneeringcapitalist.
| 单词 | buccaneering |
| 释义 | buccaneering adjective[before noun] uk/ˌbʌkəˈnɪərɪŋ/usused todescribebusinesspeoplewho aredeterminedtosucceedevenif thisinvolvestakingbigrisks: He was theoriginalbuccaneeringcapitalist. Examplesofbuccaneeringbuccaneering Hisbuccaneeringstyle involved him in challenging such matters as the conveyancing monopoly and sharp business practices. From theCambridge English Corpus He showed that he had a bold andbuccaneeringspirit, and he was loudly cheered by his supporters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Above all, we have to stop this fragmented and at timesbuccaneeringapproach in our civil air transport industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The buccaneers of today are not going to sponsor that kind ofbuccaneering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has abuccaneeringmind, and that is the spirit in which he is entering on the proceedings upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems a relic of the bad oldbuccaneeringdays which we thought were long past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That kind of thing may have been good enough for thebuccaneeringdays of nineteenth century profitability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Empire-building, particularly competitive empire-building, can be romantic, but it can also lead tobuccaneering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He knows all about this through his experience ofbuccaneeringmethods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The coal industry, the cotton industry, many other industries; it was the golden age of financialbuccaneering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We need a new andbuccaneeringspirit of free trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It dates from the time when sailors were allowed and expected to do a littlebuccaneeringon their own. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, some of the other buccaneers should have given upbuccaneeringa long time ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That campaign has been characterised by considerable panache and abuccaneeringspirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The country will not stand for this modernbuccaneeringon the part of the landlords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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