单词	venture
释义	venture1 nounventure2 verb ventureven‧ture1 /ˈventʃə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINventure1 Origin: 1400-1500 adventure Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a real-estate venture Ford has invested $125 million in a joint venture to build engines in China. His bankruptcy was the result of several reckless business ventures. The group is planning to risk everything to get their next venture off the ground. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Each year we endeavour to be represented in helping in one of their fund-raising ventures. It is difficult to formulate a standard definition of a joint venture. Local councillors can be quite obstructive to new ventures by farmers. Mattel would not disclose its investment in the new venture. They said the venture is being sold because the companies can import products more economically. Westinghouse will take a 48 percent stake in the joint venture and invest $ 2. 5 million. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorthe work that companies do► business the work that companies do when they buy and sell goods and services: · Business in Europe has been badly affected by economic conditions in Asia.on business (=for business reasons): · She'll be back next week - she's in Korea on business.the advertising/computer/insurance business (=the work of companies that are involved in advertising, computers etc): · He's been in the advertising business for over 20 years now, and he wants to get out.have a head for business (=have a good understanding of business): · Spending a year working for a big company will be good for him - at the moment he has no head for business at all. ► trade the buying and selling of goods and services, especially between countries: trade with/between: · The introduction of the Euro should make trade between European countries much easier.trade in something (=the buying and selling of a particular kind of goods): · The trade in data processing between countries is likely to grow faster than the trade in goods.trade agreement: · South Korea and Japan have signed an important trade agreement.trade deficit (=when a country buys more goods from another country than it sells to that country): · The trade deficit with China remains high.trade embargo (=when a country refuses to buy goods from another country or sell goods to that country): · The U.S. has maintained a trade embargo against Cuba since 1962.balance of trade (=the difference between the amount a country buys and the amount it sells): · Strong exports of services helped the overall balance of trade.world/international/overseas trade: · After agriculture, overseas trade accounts for the largest portion of the economy.the fur/arms/diamond etc trade (=the buying and selling of fur, weapons etc): · The war has created favorable conditions for the illegal arms trade. ► commerce the buying and selling of goods and services, especially between companies or countries - use this to talk about these activities in general: · One of the roles of the federal government is to regulate interstate commerce.· He had a genuine talent for commerce and soon had a brilliant career working for the World Bank. ► industry the production of large quantities of goods to sell to people, or the companies and people that are involved in this process: · The region has tried to attract new industry in order to reduce unemployment.the textile/motor/engineering etc industry: · Many people moved from Asia to work in the British textile industry, where jobs were plentiful.in industry: · She was looking for a management position in industry.heavy industry (=the production of steel, cars, ships etc): · The Ruhr valley has always been the centre of German heavy industry.light industry (=the production of goods such as electronic and electrical goods): · Ireland is now a European center for light industry, like computer assembly. ► e-commerce the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet: · E-commerce is still a small but fast-growing part of the U.S. economy.· a conference to debate the future of e-commerce ► operations a company's operations are all its activities, especially in one country or one area of business: UK/US/overseas/international etc operations: · Salco may have to close down its UK operations with the loss of 1500 jobs.· He was an important decision maker in terms of GM's overseas operations. ► dealings business activities, especially those that involve the movement of money between companies, countries, banks etc: · The company had to pay a lot of tax on its financial dealings during the past tax year.dealings with: · Mr Stockwell's dealings with several Third World banks are currently under investigation. ► venture a new business activity which involves risking money: · The group is planning to risk everything to get their next venture off the ground.business venture: · His bankruptcy was the result of several reckless business ventures.joint venture: · Ford has invested $125 million in a joint venture to build engines in China. WORD SETS► Business Management AOB, bookkeeping, nounCEO, nounchairman, nouncompany secretary, nounconsortium, nouncontractual, adjectivecosting, noundenationalize, verbdirector, noundirectorate, noundirectorship, nounflow chart, nounfront office, nounhatchet man, nounhuman resources, nounline management, nounline manager, nounmaladministration, nounmanagement, nounmanagement consultant, nounmanager, nounmanageress, nounmanagerial, adjectivemiddle management, nounnon-executive director, nounposition paper, nounpresident, nounpyramid, nounquality assurance, nounquality control, nounsilent partner, nounventure, nounvice-president, nounwhite knight, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► business/commercial venture ► joint venture (=when two companies do something together) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► commercial · After dabbling in commercial ventures from within Titan for nearly four years, the company took a bold new step.· These commercial ventures led to many disputes, and Love was extremely litigious, appearing often as a plaintiff in Chancery.· The company invests in industrial, commercial and service ventures with a strong emphasis in textiles.· This is a commercial venture from which we aim to make a profit.· The movement born as an alternative to the arid materialism of consumer culture is here hawked and promoted like any commercial venture.· This is a peculiar anomaly in that the Transfer Regulations currently exclude undertakings in the nature of commercial ventures.· Hence the Act is really talking in terms of a commercial venture A single transaction will be sufficient to satisfy s 45. 2. ► cooperative · Marriage teeters on the line between a cooperative venture and a form of mutual exploitation-ask any divorce lawyer. ► joint · This joint venture between George Gibson & Co.· To achieve this, Quinlan is pushing ahead with a salad of deals, alliances and joint ventures.· For example, large companies created ex nihilo, as in joint ventures, have a remarkable tendency to flop.· Manufacturers of equipment for telecommunications, defence electronics and household appliances have merged or entered joint ventures to ensure their continued competitiveness.· Today, few restaurant companies generate ideas in-house, relying instead on acquisitions or joint ventures with entrepreneurs.· Crucial to the sucralose picture is the precise nature of the joint venture agreement with Johnson&Johnson;· The joint venture, officially established on Jan. 1, had been in the works for several months. ► new · These projects have accompanying newsletters and being fairly new ventures welcome feedback.· An application for a public entertainment licence for the new venture goes before Middlesbrough Council's licensing sub-committee tomorrow.· At the same time, Mr Schwartz will retain control over the new space venture, a business that excites him.· A government guarantee of risky loans to new ventures makes more sense.· Other new retail ventures include a new coffee bar and a 24-hour diner on Main and Fourth streets.· Stowe, a New York venture capital company. ► similar · It comes after the success of a similar venture last year in Chicago.· On the following night the sailors were joined by soldiers and marines in a similar venture.· The eight-day 1992 Diesel in Action programme follows a highly successful similar venture last year.· He looked for people who had invested in similar Internet ventures before, and could also bring contacts and advice. ► successful · This has proved to be a very successful venture.· Marriage itself is not a guarantee of a successful entrepreneurial venture.· This led in turn to the most highly successful venture in buying and selling of business aircraft the aviation industry had seen.· Today, their successful venture is run just as they had begun: John handles the key distribution and marketing challenges.· So successful was this venture that two further houses were opened in September.· Any successful entrepreneurial venture starts with making sure that the entrepreneur is in the best possible mental and physical health.· Dear old Uncle Fergus's one successful venture into the art world.· But the burning of the sloop in the Bight was to be the only successful venture of the day on their side. NOUN► business · Has this neglect of basic business principles destroyed the credibility of all online business ventures?· The other difficulty is I have precious little instinct for business ventures.· Miss Pinkney's father had been nearly bankrupted through a failed business venture with Phipps.· Blow, one of the most powerful lobbying firms in Washington, and was involved in a number of business ventures.· It failed; the loss on our government's business venture is around A$700 per head.· Pike, who says his legal past is irrelevant to the business venture, has been reluctant to surrender full control.· But a disastrous business venture has reduced him to near-ruin.· Any new business venture takes time to establish.-Sufficient working capital to survive. ► capital · Keen on promoting venture capital, Viney owns a chain of wine bars as a sideline.· But to take ViaCord beyond the start-up phase, Fisher this year plans to seek $ 6 million in venture capital.· But there's still plenty of venture capital out there looking for bright new ideas.· The Denver-based company initially raises $ 20 million in equity from several nationally prominent venture capital groups around the country.· In terms of size, independent funds are the largest, with over 75 percent of total venture capital funds invested.· But Conner needed venture capital to fund the development.· It is going to take a lot more than the plethora of locally-driven modest venture capital funds to effect any worthwhile change.· Petrus Partners, a venture capital firm, provided the bulk of the financing. ► capitalist · Importantly, these companies have been able to attract additional finance from banks and venture capitalists.· With backing from San Diego venture capitalists Kingsbury Associates, the company began researching its camera.· Is it backed by sophisticated venture capitalists?· But venture capitalists are swooping in like vultures.· My guess would be he would take the first flight to Helsinki and listen to the venture capitalists there.· Training programs are turning hightech, and venture capitalists are staking millions on the new approach.· When he talked about starting a company, we discussed this with several venture capitalists to see what the usual arrangement was. ► company · Joint control is found where the parent companies must agree on decisions concerning the joint venture company.· Morgan Stanley would own 70 percent of the joint venture company, with its partner owning 30 percent.· It does not exist where one of the parent companies may alone decide upon a joint venture company's commercial activities.· All its scientific equipment is leased from a venture company that specializes in providing such equipment.· Pavlov combined his allegations with an attack on free marketeers and private enterprise joint venture companies. ► partner · It can be very helpful for external discussions, for example with bankers and with potential clients or joint venture partners.· Tenneco and Williams were previously joint venture partners in the pipeline. VERB► form · Rhône-Poulenc and Eastman Chemical have formed a 50-50 joint venture, Primester, to manufacture cellulose acetate.· The hi-tech plastics come from a young company with whom Upstart has formed a joint venture.· Consult and advise. Form joint venture partners.· Bates has formed a joint venture to provide services needed to develop deep water projects. ► invest · At ePartners, only a fraction of the Dollars 300m backing from News Corp was ever invested in actual online ventures.· He looked for people who had invested in similar Internet ventures before, and could also bring contacts and advice. ► join · Here were the people who were now convinced the paper existed and wanted to join the venture.· Traditional produce and seafood markets are being joined by other ventures.· Billiton, the minerals exploration subsidiary of Shell, may join the venture.· He suggested that Gardner join him in the venture, but the new husband had no intention of risking his life.· Indeed when they heard that Gilsland was the objective, they might well be glad to join the venture.· And in 1935 Fernand Braudel joined the new venture for a three-year stint in its Faculty of Arts.· To my delight, the engineers working with me joined my new venture.· By eight-thirty Penelope Chilston had been invited to join the venture as features editor. ► launch · The Midland Railway Centre is launching a new venture in Ripley by opening its own shop, and booking office.· The parties will work to satisfy the closing conditions and launch the joint venture in the first quarter of 2000. ► set · Others have found it more advantageous to acquire a local bank or set up a joint venture with local banks.· Kodak is exploring either selling its copier unit or setting a joint venture or strategic alliance.· The aim of the meeting will be to find out whether there is enough interest to set up the venture in Clwyd. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► joint venture Grove touted the Pandesic joint venture software as a turnkey solution for businesses seeking to conduct sales over the Internet. Some analysts also said that a joint venture with Canon is possible. The decision point is particularly important for joint ventures projects. This joint venture between George Gibson & Co. Under the joint venture the council will pay nothing, while profits will accrue to Biomass. United Distillers employs around 10,000 people worldwide and, with its joint ventures, an additional 1,500. a new business activity that involves taking risksbusiness/commercial venturejoint venture (=when two companies do something together) venture1 nounventure2 verb ventureventure2 ●○○ verb Verb Table VERB TABLE venture Simple Form Present I, you, we, they venture he, she, it ventures Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they ventured Present perfect I, you, we, they have ventured he, she, it has ventured Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had ventured Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will venture Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have ventured Continuous Form Present I am venturing he, she, it is venturing you, we, they are venturing Past I, he, she, it was venturing you, we, they were venturing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been venturing he, she, it has been venturing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been venturing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be venturing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been venturing Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All experienced hillwalkers are well aware of the dangers of venturing on to the hills without being properly equipped and prepared. Another time, a photographer had ventured on to the reef that rose up from the sea at the far corner. But it does happen, and I venture to suggest should happen wherever there is apparently terminal decline. However, when practising always sail in a safe, flat water environment and never venture underneath any diving boards. Parents should teach youngsters to believe in themselves and to venture out and take risks. Sluggish gold and energy prices for most of 1995 helped explain investors' reluctance to venture into hard assets. The scouts would venture ahead if there was room enough to walk, and return ashen-faced. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► venture an opinion/question/word etc  If we had more information, it would be easier to venture a firm opinion. Roy ventured a tentative smile. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► forth · It ventured forth only to kill cattle or flatten crops, poisoning the air with its fetid breath.· As they venture forth from parents to explore their own worlds, children must make their own discoveries.· After breakfast I ventured forth, and was at once overwhelmed by the beauty and the scale of the buildings.· All field-workers took weapons with them, and would venture forth to collect firewood only in large parties.· Even pony trap revivalists feel safe to venture forth here.· Twice on Sundays he would thus venture forth, as well as to Evensong on Wednesdays and Fridays. ► further · The Takaroa operates from Cairns, and allows the visiting diver to venture further afield.· Some students venture further afield and choose courses in the Faculties of Arts or Social Sciences.· Services should be provided near enough so that people do not to have to venture further than their local shops or post office.· For those who wish to venture further afield there are two waymarked Country Walks.· In the early days we ventured further afield than we do now, working in Suffolk, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Surrey.· But I don't remember having ventured further than the village.· I didn't venture further in to find the owls in case I bumped into a Brother. NOUN► opinion · But the difference needs to be grasped before I can venture an opinion usefully upon that.· It's not something about which I would venture any sort of opinion.· It would have made it easier to help you, and I venture the opinion that our servants feel well treated. ► territory · The fact that we had ventured into disputed territory meant nothing to my father.· He was to be found lurking in the band's dressing room whenever they ventured into Mancunian territory, which was often.· And if you venture into unknown territory, how can you avoid getting lost?· Discussion had ventured into dangerous territory.· A few big banks have ventured into more dangerous territory.· The only thing that really fascinates me is venturing into unexplored territory. ► world · Gradually this hardens and the animal can again venture into a hostile world.· Perplexities A layman venturing into the quantum world no doubt expects to encounter some fairly strange phenomena.· He hadn't been ready to venture into the world after all, and it had possessed him. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► joint venture Grove touted the Pandesic joint venture software as a turnkey solution for businesses seeking to conduct sales over the Internet. Some analysts also said that a joint venture with Canon is possible. The decision point is particularly important for joint ventures projects. This joint venture between George Gibson & Co. Under the joint venture the council will pay nothing, while profits will accrue to Biomass. United Distillers employs around 10,000 people worldwide and, with its joint ventures, an additional 1,500. 1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go somewhere that could be dangerous:  When darkness fell, he would venture out. She paused before venturing up the steps to the door. children who lack the confidence to venture into libraries2[transitive] to say or do something in an uncertain way because you are afraid it is wrong or will seem stupid:  ‘You’re on holiday here?’ he ventured.venture to do something I ventured to ask him what he was writing.venture an opinion/question/word etc If we had more information, it would be easier to venture a firm opinion. Roy ventured a tentative smile.venture that I ventured that the experiment was not conclusive.3nothing ventured, nothing gained used to say that you cannot achieve anything unless you take risksventure into something phrasal verb to become involved in a new business activity:  Banks are venturing into insurance.venture on/upon something phrasal verb to do or try something that involves risks:  I thought I might venture on a new recipe.
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