| 单词 | free enterprise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree enterprise free enterprise n. entrepreneurial spirit; the unconstrained expression of this in business or trade; the freedom of private business from state control, esp. as an economic doctrine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > free of state control private enterprise1789 individual enterprise1790 free enterprise1814 1814 W. Walton Exposé Dissentions Spanish Amer. 350 The supreme authority ought to be enabled to apportion out..that quantum of free enterprise, whereby the interests of one portion of the community, may not be sacrificed to those of the other. 1832 A. Jackson in E. Williams Addr. & Messages Presidents U.S. (1846) II. 792 Relieved..from the fear of war and the apprehension of oppression, the free enterprise of our citizens..will work out improvements and ameliorations, which cannot fail to demonstrate, that [etc.]. 1890 A. Marshall Princ. Econ. I. i. ii. 30 The growth of free enterprise in England. 1938 Newsweek 3 Oct. 37/3 Management leaders representing the world's democratic countries agreed that free enterprise, not government control, is the key to better times. 1986 E. E. Scharff Worldly Power xiv. 238 The Journal editorial page already held a unique place in American journalism as the quintessential defender of free enterprise. 2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians i. 20 In the terms of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, free enterprise and a belief in the market are ‘right-wing’ beliefs. < as lemmas |
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