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单词 venture
释义
venture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈven.tʃər/us
/ˈven.tʃɚ/
C2
a newactivity, usually inbusiness, thatinvolvesriskoruncertainty:
（有风险的）企业；投机活动；商业冒险
Sheadvisedus tolookabroadfor morelucrativebusinessventures.她建议我们去国外寻找更有利可图的商业机会。
There are manyjointventures between American andJapanesecompanies.有许多美日合资企业。
More examples
  • Theprojectwas ajointventure between the twoschools.
  • Withdebtsof $4 million and amonthlypayrollof $1.2 million, the venture isclearlyheadingfortrouble.
  • "How'syournew venture going?" "It'slookingquitepromising."
  • Theofficeblockwasbuiltas aspeculativeventure.
  • Theyannouncedthestartof a newcommercialventure.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Success & failure in business
  • administration
  • axe
  • bankrupt
  • bankruptcy
  • be running on fumesidiom
  • belly
  • dying
  • fold
  • go darkidiom
  • go to the wallidiom
  • growth hacker
  • growth hacking
  • have a corner on a marketidiom
  • receiver
  • soft launch
  • spin
  • spinsomethingoff
  • start (something) up
  • subscale
  • turn around
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venture
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep,T]
formal
uk
/ˈven.tʃər/us
/ˈven.tʃɚ/
C2
toriskgoingsomewhereor doing something that might bedangerousorunpleasant, or torisksaying something that might becriticized:
冒险去（或做）；冒昧地说
Sherarelyventuredoutside, except when she went tostockup ongroceries.她极少冒险外出，除非要去采购杂货。
As we set off into theforest, wefeltas though we were venturing(forth) intotheunknown.当我们动身进入那片森林时，感觉自己似乎正在冒险进入一个未知的世界。
Shetentativelyventuredtheopinionthat theprojectwould be tooexpensivetocomplete, but thebossignoredher.她有些犹豫但还是斗胆进言，认为完成那个项目花费太高，但老板不予理睬。
More examples
  • In thisregionwomenseldomventure out ofpurdah.
  • She ventured theopinionthat they should be morepolite.
  • When we venturedoutside, thesunwasshining.
  • We ventured into thelocaltown.
  • I ventured tosuggestthat we shouldstopfor thenight.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking risks
  • adventurer
  • all in
  • be skating on thin iceidiom
  • bet the farm/ranchidiom
  • broke
  • dare
  • expose
  • hazard
  • high wire
  • high-stakes
  • imperil
  • jeopardize
  • lay
  • neck
  • re-expose
  • risk
  • run the risk of doingsomethingidiom
  • sail close to the windidiom
  • skate
  • stickyourneck outidiom
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Idiom

nothing ventured, nothing gained

Phrasal verb

venture on/uponsomething
(Definition ofventurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

venture| American Dictionary

venture
noun[C]
us
/ˈven·tʃər/
anactivityorplanofaction, often inbusiness, thatinvolvesriskoruncertainty:
His mostrecentbusinessventureendedinbankruptcy.
venture
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈven·tʃər/
toriskgoingsomewhereor doing something that might bedangerousorunpleasant:
[Ialways+ adv/prep]Hewantedto venture into themountainouswildernessof thecountryside.
fmlTo venture something is toattemptit when you arelikelyto bewrongor to becriticized:
[T]I wouldn’t venture anopinionabout that.
(Definition ofventurefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

venture| Business English

venture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈventʃər/us
a newbusinessactivity:
business/commercial ventureThefirmislookingoverseasfor morelucrativebusinessventures.
Thetotalvalueofventureinvestmentsincreasedto $5.6billionin the secondquarter.
The AmericancargiantanditsventurepartnerinChinaareinvestingmillions ofdollarstoexplorewaysofreducingrelianceonpetrol.
create/form/set up a venture
finance/fund/investin a venture
See also
joint venture
venture
verb
uk
/ˈventʃər/us
[I+ adverb/prep]
tostarta newactivity,startthinkingin a new way, orstartdoing anactivityin a newplace:
venture into sthThere are someexcellentdealsfor newinvestorsventuring into theelectronicmarketplace.
Meanwhile, theinsurerhas ventured beyondinsurancewith thelaunchofitsfirst unsecuredpersonalloanlastweek.
Thecompanyhasfinallydecidedto ventureoverseas.
[T]
to say something when it isriskyto do this:
venture a guess/opinion/judgementI don't have enoughknowledgeto venture ajudgement.
I was tooshyto venture acomment.
(Definition ofventurefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofventure

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It has also created a system where getting into politics is a businessventure, with business plans and an expected rate of return on investment.
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Such an analysis was more subversive in thinkers who ventured to apply it to the internal structure of the state.
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This introduction sets out the underlying assumptions of thisventureand provides readers with an analytical framework.
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Initially, he worked on a small garden nurseryventurebegun by his energetic father, who was primarily a postmaster and shopkeeper.
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Theventureof faith is an act of trust, or of entrusting oneself, in the light of what is believed.
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One makes a doxasticventurewhen one takes to be true a proposition that one believes, while recognizing that one lacks sufficient supportive evidence.
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To the extent we were linked with them in that jointventure, their history is ours and ours theirs.
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Indeed, they could have been even more ambitious and ventured further into the territory of development beyond the age of four years.
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She is spatially bound in her leisure activities and seldom ventures to unfamiliar places by herself.
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For, serious doubts may be raised about the viability of the doxasticventuremodel.
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Under the stimulus of quantum mechanics, the independent discoverers were each venturing into what turned out to be new territory for both disciplines.
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One values being trusted oneself, merely because one wants to be included in co-operative ventures on terms that are advantageous.
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At the other, the literal level exists merely as a pro-forma excuse for aventurewhose point resides in the second meaning.
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Of course these moments are a crucial aspect of our delight, and can be a rich source for interpretative ventures.
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If the social norms hinder women from venturing into public places such as markets, cashin-hand may actually be less useful than help in kind.
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Collocationswithventure

venture

These are words often used in combination withventure.

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collaborative venture
Consequently, acollaborativeventurewas initiated to begin to address this question.
From theCambridge English Corpus
commercial venture
First, if less environmentally destructive alternative economic activities are commercially viable, why is international funding needed in order to launch acommercialventure?
From theCambridge English Corpus
cooperative venture
This was acooperativeventureof farmers, with a membership of 20,000 individuals.
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