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adventure 音標拼音: [ædv'ɛntʃɚ] [ədv'ɛntʃɚ] n.
v. 冒險,大膽進行,投機活動;不平常經歷,奇遇 冒險,大膽進行,投機活動;不平常經歷,奇遇 adventure n 1: a wild and exciting undertaking ( not necessarily lawful) [ synonym: { adventure}, { escapade}, { risky venture}, { dangerous undertaking}] v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; " When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [ synonym: { gamble}, { chance}, { risk}, { hazard}, { take chances}, { adventure}, { run a risk}, { take a chance}] 2: put at risk; " I will stake my good reputation for this" [ synonym: { venture}, { hazard}, { adventure}, { stake}, { jeopardize}] Adventure \ Ad* ven" ture\ (?; 135), n. [ OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of " to happen, befall." See Advene.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. [ 1913 Webster] Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Risk; danger; peril. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] He was in great adventure of his life. -- Berners. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. [ 1913 Webster] He loved excitement and adventure. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one' s life. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. [ 1913 Webster] { A bill of adventure} ( Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner' s risk. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event. [ 1913 Webster]
Adventure \ Ad* ven" ture\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Adventured}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Adventuring}.] [ OE. aventuren, auntren, F. aventurer, fr. aventure. See { Adventure}, n.] 1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture. [ 1913 Webster] He would not adventure himself into the theater. -- Acts xix. 31. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. [ 1913 Webster] Yet they adventured to go back. -- Bunyan, [ 1913 Webster] Discriminations might be adventured. -- J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster]
Adventure \ Ad* ven" ture\, v. i. To try the chance; to take the risk. [ 1913 Webster] I would adventure for such merchandise. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 137 Moby Thesaurus words for " adventure": Clio, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, adventures, affair, annals, aristeia, autobiography, bet, biographical sketch, biography, blow, bold stroke, case history, casualty, chance, chance hit, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, circumstance, confessions, contingency, contingent, coup, curriculum vitae, danger, dare, dealings, deed, diary, doing, doings, effort, emprise, endanger, endeavor, enterprise, episode, escapade, event, expedition, experience, experiences, exploit, exploration, fact, fait accompli, feat, fluke, fortuity, fortunes, freak accident, gamble, gest, go, hagiography, hagiology, hand, handiwork, hap, happening, happenstance, hazard, heroic act, historiography, history, imperil, incident, jeopardize, job, journal, legend, life, life and letters, life story, long odds, long shot, lucky shot, maneuver, martyrology, matter of fact, measure, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, mission, move, necrology, obituary, occasion, occurrence, operation, overt act, particular, passage, performance, peril, phenomenon, photobiography, pilgrimage, proceeding, production, profile, punt, quest, reality, record, res gestae, resume, risk, speculation, stake, step, story, stroke, stunt, theory of history, thing, thing done, threaten, tour de force, transaction, turn, turn of events, undertaking, venture, wager, waver, work, works |
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