| 单词 | adventurous |
| 释义 | adventurous (once / 1005 pages) adj If you're adventurous, you're eager to try new things and take risks. If you can't wait to go kayaking in the Amazon and you're willing to try that stew with the weird things floating around in it, you're adventurous. Adventurous means eager for adventure, and both words come from the Latin for “about to happen” — an adventure always has an element of the unknown. Being adventurous means you’re willing to go where you haven’t been before and do things you’ve never done, even if you don’t know how it’s going to turn out. WORD FAMILYadventurous: adventurously, adventurousness, unadventurous+/adventure: adventured, adventurer, adventures, adventuresome, adventuring, adventurism, adventurous, misadventure/adventurer: adventurers/adventurism: adventurisms, adventuristic/misadventure: misadventures/unadventurous: unadventurously USAGE EXAMPLESLounging on beaches, hiking through vineyards and sampling some great wines await the adventurous traveler. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Unsparing in its criticism, “B.A.N.” is stunningly hilarious nevertheless and one of the year’s most adventurous episodes. Salon(Dec 28, 2016) Instead, some of them grew eccentric and adventurous, impulsive and experimental, instinctive and personal — at times, bordering on avant-garde. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) adj willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises adventurous pioneers Syn|Ant adventuresome audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous disposed to venture or take risks sportinginvolving risk or willingness to take a risk swaggering, swashbucklingflamboyantly adventurous boldfearless and daring brave, courageouspossessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching incautiouslacking in caution unadventurous lacking in boldness safe(of an undertaking) secure from risk timidshowing fear and lack of confidence cautiousshowing careful forethought |
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