| 单词 | venturesome |
| 释义 | venturesome (once / 5892 pages) adj The adjective venturesome describes someone who is willing to take risks, someone brave. If you have a venturesome child, you may worry because she's the one you find on top of the playhouse instead of inside it. The root word of venturesome is venture, and venture is short for aventure, which is a form of adventure, which we understand to be an interesting or exciting experience. Some people are more venturesome than others. You may thrive on mountain climbing or going to the top of the Eiffel Tower, or your idea of adventure may be occasionally trying a strawberry jelly with your peanut butter instead of grape. WORD FAMILYventuresome: venturesomely, venturesomeness+/venture: ventured, venturer, ventures, venturesome, venturing, venturous/venturer: venturers/venturous: venturously USAGE EXAMPLESHere’s hoping that some venturesome, well-endowed university or cultural institution is seeking a beautiful home. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) Simultaneously, as Amar Bhidé argues in his book “The Venturesome Economy,” with growing incomes, retail customers become more confident, demanding more innovative consumer products. Wall Street Journal(Nov 15, 2016) Philharmonic’s season opener, which featured a tribute to Beethoven that included a venturesome rendition of John Adams’ “Absolute Jest.” Los Angeles Times(Oct 07, 2016) adj disposed to venture or take risks a venturesome investor Syn audacious, daring, venturous adventuresome, adventurous willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
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