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单词 enterprising
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Definition of enterprising in English:

enterprising

adjectiveˈɛntəprʌɪzɪŋˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪzɪŋ
  • Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.

    some enterprising teachers have started their own recycling programmes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, he was able to draw around him others with an enterprising spirit.
    • Unemployed and facing the dole queue, this enterprising young man decided to set up his own business.
    • He recounts all of this blithely, but the work was both dangerous and enterprising.
    • It is also credited to his enterprising spirit that many such dreams are materialised.
    • Then the questions of how we achieve an enterprising and dynamic Scotland become more obvious and the answers simpler.
    • Some of his shots were little more than slogging but none could question his bold and enterprising approach.
    • An enterprising teacher has been recognised for her skills in the classroom.
    • The Scottish film industry may be small, but is recognised globally as creative, enterprising and skilled.
    • If only kids elsewhere displayed that kind of enterprising spirit.
    • Much more attention needs to be given to encouraging enterprising attitudes in young people and their teachers.
    • Pearson was an enterprising individual and demonstrated great conviction in his way-out proposal.
    • That, of course, means more mature politicians and enterprise agencies who are actually enterprising.
    • Last year, for example, some enterprising young chaps went off to the Mount Everest base camp!
    • Other enterprising Brits have also gone into business in the area.
    • This was a group of enterprising employees doing a spoof of their office.
    • How refreshing it was to meet such enterprising and caring youngsters who care for their community and enjoy improving it.
    • What this team of enterprising young men do is to bring together components and assemble units at their place.
    • They've got some big-hearted kids and one or two talented players, and they were enterprising.
    • To a contrary effect, the press has grown far more enterprising as it has become much more difficult to keep in line.
    • Do you suppose some enterprising journalist might now ask to have a look at the whole journal?
    Synonyms
    resourceful, imaginative, ingenious, inventive, original, creative
    quick-witted, clever, bright, sharp, talented, gifted, able, capable
    spirited, enthusiastic, dynamic, ambitious, energetic, entrepreneurial, vigorous
    bold, daring, audacious, courageous, intrepid, adventurous
    informal go-ahead

Derivatives

  • enterprisingly

  • adverbˈɛntəprʌɪzɪŋli
    • They started enterprisingly - you felt gaining the first goal was vital to the game plan - but with a fair amount of caution, with five men at the back when their opponents came forward, which was infrequent and in haphazard fashion.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Most of the abundant new information comes from deposits of family letters and family lore that Alexander alone has enterprisingly explored.
      • Corporate sponsorship and individual help from various quarters was enterprisingly sought, going against government norm, and the festival finally emerged from the ashes.
      • Instead, why not market the game more enterprisingly and raise additional sponsorship.
      • In 1811 she saw bones projecting from the cliff-face and enterprisingly hired some men to dig out the block in which they were embedded.
 
 

Definition of enterprising in US English:

enterprising

adjectiveˈen(t)ərˌprīziNGˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪzɪŋ
  • Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.

    some enterprising teachers have started their own recycling programs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • How refreshing it was to meet such enterprising and caring youngsters who care for their community and enjoy improving it.
    • To a contrary effect, the press has grown far more enterprising as it has become much more difficult to keep in line.
    • Do you suppose some enterprising journalist might now ask to have a look at the whole journal?
    • Much more attention needs to be given to encouraging enterprising attitudes in young people and their teachers.
    • Unemployed and facing the dole queue, this enterprising young man decided to set up his own business.
    • They've got some big-hearted kids and one or two talented players, and they were enterprising.
    • What this team of enterprising young men do is to bring together components and assemble units at their place.
    • Pearson was an enterprising individual and demonstrated great conviction in his way-out proposal.
    • An enterprising teacher has been recognised for her skills in the classroom.
    • It is also credited to his enterprising spirit that many such dreams are materialised.
    • Last year, for example, some enterprising young chaps went off to the Mount Everest base camp!
    • This was a group of enterprising employees doing a spoof of their office.
    • Then the questions of how we achieve an enterprising and dynamic Scotland become more obvious and the answers simpler.
    • That, of course, means more mature politicians and enterprise agencies who are actually enterprising.
    • If only kids elsewhere displayed that kind of enterprising spirit.
    • The Scottish film industry may be small, but is recognised globally as creative, enterprising and skilled.
    • Some of his shots were little more than slogging but none could question his bold and enterprising approach.
    • He recounts all of this blithely, but the work was both dangerous and enterprising.
    • Other enterprising Brits have also gone into business in the area.
    • However, he was able to draw around him others with an enterprising spirit.
    Synonyms
    resourceful, imaginative, ingenious, inventive, original, creative
 
 
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