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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- enterprise ['εntə,praɪz]
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1.
n
a project or undertaking, esp one that requires boldness or effort
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2.
n
participation in such projects
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3.
n
readiness to embark on new ventures; boldness and energy
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4.
n
initiative in business
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5.
n
(as modifier)
- the enterprise culture
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6.
n
a business unit; a company or firm
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7.
n
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French entreprise (n), from entreprendre from entre- between (from Latin:
inter- ) + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to grasp
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1.
n
a project or undertaking, esp one that requires boldness or effort
Examples
- a daring enterprise
- 冒险之举
- free enterprise
- 自由企业 → enterprise
- private enterprise
- 私营企业 → enterprise
- the home of free enterprise/the blues
- 自由企业/蓝调音乐的起源地 → home
- a middle course between free enterprise and state intervention
- 介于自由企业与政府干预之间的中间道路 → middle
- the enterprise culture → enterprise
- to stake a business enterprise → stake
- an unsound enterprise → unsound
- 大型企业
- large enterprise → 大型
- 企业倒闭
- bankruptcy of an enterprise → 倒闭
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