enterprise

noun

1. 公司；企业单位；事业单位
   a company or business
   1. an enterprise with a turnover of $26 billion
      营业额260亿元的公司
   2. state-owned/public enterprises
      国有企业；公共事业单位
   3. small and medium-sized enterprises
      中小型企业
2. （尤指艰巨而重大的）规划，事业
   a large project, especially one that is difficult
   1. his latest business enterprise
      他最新的企业规划
   2. a joint enterprise
      共同事业
3. 企业发展；企业经营；企业活动
   the development of businesses by the people of a country rather than by the government
   1. grants to encourage enterprise in the region
      鼓励这个地区企业发展的拨款
   2. an enterprise culture (= in which people are encouraged to develop small businesses)
      经商文化（鼓励发展小型企业）
4. 事业心；进取心；创业精神
   the ability to think of new projects and make them successful
   1. a job in which enterprise is rewarded
      事业进取精神有回报的工作

1. N-COUNT （常指小型）企业，公司
   An enterprise is a company or business, often a small one.
   1. There are plenty of small industrial enterprises.
      有许多小型工业企业。
   2. ...the integration of farming enterprises.
      农业企业的整合
2. N-COUNT （新的、困难的或重要的）事业，项目
   An enterprise is something new, difficult, or important that you do or try to do.
   1. ...the first Director of such a novel enterprise...
      这样一个全新项目的第一任主管
   2. Horse breeding is indeed a risky enterprise.
      养马确实是个有风险的营生。
3. N-UNCOUNT 创业；企业经营
   Enterprise is the activity of managing companies and businesses and starting new ones.
   1. He is still involved in voluntary work promoting local enterprise.
      他仍在从事促进当地创业的志愿者工作。
   2. ...a national program of subsidies to private enterprise.
      国家个人创业补贴计划
4. N-UNCOUNT 进取心;事业心;创业精神
   Enterprise is the ability to think of new and effective things to do, together with an eagerness to do them.
   1. ...the spirit of enterprise worthy of a free and industrious people.
      自由勤劳的民族具有的进取精神
   2. ...the group's lack of enterprise.
      那个团队事业心的缺乏

  adventure enterprise venture【导航词义：冒险】

  adventure n. 冒险（经历），奇遇

〔辨析〕指激动人心的、奇怪的、危险的经历。

  enterprise n. 〈褒〉冒险精神，开拓精神

〔辨析〕指思考新活动、新想法等并使之可行的探索能力。

  venture n. 冒险事业

〔辨析〕指有风险的投资或活动。

noun

1. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
   1. he had doubts about the whole enterprise

   Synonym:    endeavorendeavour

2. readiness to embark on bold new ventures

   Synonym:    enterprisingnessinitiativego-ahead

3. an organization created for business ventures
   1. a growing enterprise must have a bold leader