英语词汇“ventrous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

venture /venˈchər/

noun

An undertaking whose issue is uncertain or dangerous

A commercial enterprise or speculation with a risk of loss

Something attempted

Chance, luck, hazard (archaic)

That which is put to hazard (esp goods sent by sea at the sender's risk)

A prostitute (Shakespeare)

transitive verb

To expose to hazard

To risk

To take the risk of

To dare to put forward

To send on a venture

intransitive verb

To make a venture

To run a risk

To dare

To dare to go

ORIGIN: For a venture, obs variant of adventure

venˈturer noun

venˈturesome adjective

Inclined or willing to take risks

Involving the taking of risk

Risky

venˈturesomely adverb

venˈturesomeness noun

venˈturing (Milton venˈtring) noun and adjective

venˈturingly adverb

venˈturous (Spenser, Milton, etc, venˈtrous or venˈt'rous) adjective

venˈturously adverb

venˈturousness noun

venture capital noun

Money supplied by individual investors or business organizations for a new, esp speculative, business enterprise, also called risk capital

venture capitalist noun

Such an investor

venture capital trust noun

An investment which, subject to certain conditions, has tax advantages (abbrev VCT)

Venture Scout, Venture Air Scout, Venture Sea Scout noun

A male or female member of a senior branch of the Scout organization (for 16 to 20-year-olds), formerly called Rover (Scout)

at a venture

At hazard, random