| 单词 | enterprising |
| 释义 | enterprising (once / 1347 pages) adj If you are enterprising, you are creative and show initiative. Were you the kid who bought candy before school and sold it during school at a profit? If so, you were an enterprising little one. Though it has the word, enterprise, in it and is often used to describe people who set up businesses to fill a need, enterprising can be used for any kind of display of creative initiative. Kids who decide on their own to build a skate park are enterprising, as is a dance company that is able to perform a piece on a shoestring budget. WORD FAMILYenterprising: enterprisingly, enterprisingness, nonenterprising, unenterprising+/enterprise: enterpriser, enterprises, enterprising/enterpriser: enterprisers USAGE EXAMPLESThey were disciplined and obdurate in defence, confident in midfield and, when possible, enterprising in attack. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Police in Orange County are looking for an enterprising arsonist who is stealing firefighters’ food money, authorities said Friday. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) But since the match is at The Hawthorns Pulis is likely to be more enterprising than that. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) adj marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects an enterprising foreign policy an enterprising young man likely to go far Syn|Ant adventuresome, adventurous willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises ambitioushaving a strong desire for success or achievement energeticpossessing or exerting or displaying energy energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-comingworking hard to promote an enterprise entrepreneurialwilling to take risks in order to make a profit nonenterprising, unenterprising lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome unadventurouslacking in boldness ambitionless, unambitioushaving little desire for success or achievement slowgoing, unenergeticnot inclined to be enterprising |
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