| 单词 | enterprise |
| 释义 | enterprise —enterpriseless, adj. /en"teuhr pruyz'/, n. 1. a project undertaken or to be undertaken, esp. one that is important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy: To keep the peace is a difficult enterprise. 2. a plan for such a project. 3. participation or engagement in such projects: Our country was formed by the enterprise of resolute men and women. 4. boldness or readiness in undertaking; adventurous spirit; ingenuity. 5. a company organized for commercial purposes; business firm. 6. (cap.) Mil. the first nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1961, with a displacement of 89,000 tons (80,723 m ton) and eight reactors. 7. (cap., italics) U.S. Aerospace. the first space shuttle, used for atmospheric flight and landing tests. [1400-50; late ME < MF, n. use of fem. of entrepris (ptp. of entreprendre to undertake) < L inter- INTER- + prensus grasped, seized, contr. of prehensus, equiv. to pre- PRE- + hend- take hold of + -tus ptp. suffix] Syn. 1. plan, undertaking, venture. 4. drive, aggressiveness, push, ambition. |
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