单词 | adventure |
释义 | adventureWord family nounadventureradventurismadventuristadventurousnessadventureadventure playgroundadjectiveadventuresomeadventuristicadventurousadverbadventurously ad·ven·ture /ədˈventʃə $ -ər/ ●●● W2 noun [countableC, uncountableU] 1 EXPERIENCEan exciting experience in which dangerous or unusual things happen 历险(经历);奇遇 a great adventure 一大奇遇 Ahab’s adventures at sea 亚哈的海上历险 an adventure story 一个历险故事 2 sense/spirit of adventure willingness to try new things, take risks etc 冒险精神 Come on – where’s your sense of adventure? 来吧——你的冒险精神哪里去了? Examples from the Corpus sense/spirit of adventure• Dole can opt for some one out of the blue, making a bold stroke and hoping to demonstrate a spirit of adventure.• A secret always buoyed her up, gave her a sense of adventure.• A sense of adventure, perhaps?• The excitement gradually left them and the boyish sense of adventure seeped slowly away.• We should strive for the same sense of adventure.• It is like they embody the spirit of adventure, that sense of infinite newness.• The atmosphere of the room was so different from any he had ever breathed that self-consciousness vanished in the sense of adventure.• The sense of adventure felt by the pioneers of flight still remains with those who carry on the tradition of ballooning today. Examples from the Corpus adventure• As a young man he went off to Africa, looking for adventure.• Willis was a young man looking for adventure.• He always used to tell us about his adventures at sea.• My grandfather used to tell us about his adventures as a sea captain during the war.• I cursed my luck and began to invent adventures.• It's a book about the author's real-life adventures in Nepal.• All right, I'll go without you - you guys have no sense of adventure at all!• Hunting him down and destroying him for ever can become a full-scale adventure in itself.• They plunged into the thick adrenal details of the adventure.• In her new book, she looks back with affection on her wartime adventures.• To what adventures and extremes will it lead us? (1200-1300) Old French aventure, from Latin advenire “to arrive”, from ad- “to” + venire “to come” |
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