Definition of enterprise in English:

enterprise

nounˈɛntəprʌɪzˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪz

1A project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one.
a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies
法国和日本两国公司间的一项合作计划。
Example sentencesExamples
- Along the way, there are some moments that threaten to take the entire enterprise completely off the rails.
- But you have a common commodity and a common end and you have a joint enterprise, have you not?
- Many view the European project as an enterprise of long conversations with little change.
- This used to be a joint enterprise with her husband.
- Thus, given the scope of the enterprise, the project would inevitably enhance teaching and stimulate research.
- Neither of them are alleged to have actually wielded the knife, but were part of a joint enterprise, he said.
- The cases tend to talk in terms of there being a joint enterprise, or pre-arranged plan or talk of the accused acting in concert.
- It is at this point that the idea of a joint enterprise, be it marital or based on cohabitation, becomes crucial.
- China and Russia will support a joint enterprise and have voted for the UN Security Council resolution of condemnation.
- In my submission, that evidence clearly laid the basis for the joint enterprise, at least as far as the attempted armed robbery went.
- Next, you'll list the tasks that will bring about the successful completion of your new enterprise.
- You are advised to take the lead with regard to joint enterprises and commitments.
- It is also an enterprise that complements other positive environmental, farming and rural development schemes.
- The contributions of big game hunting to the imperial enterprise were multiple and complex.
- Indeed most of the things I had done were really joint enterprises.
- So bold an enterprise, so boldly undertaken, is bound to provoke not merely thought but dissent.
- The Universe was believed to be far too complex for such an enterprise to be even considered.
- We want added-value projects, enterprises that involve design and development, for instance.
- This made farming a joint enterprise with each benefiting from the other.
- The emperor undertook great enterprises with enthusiasm; his son avoids them.
Synonyms
undertaking, endeavour, venture, pursuit, exercise, activity, operation, exploit, mission, deed, act, action, move, measure, task, business, affair, proceeding
scheme, plan, plan of action, programme, campaign
project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, idea, conception
informal caper
British informal wheeze
1. 1.1mass noun Initiative and resourcefulness.
  事业心，进取精神；机智
  success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck
  成功之所以来得这么快，靠的是才能、足智多谋和运气。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I want to pay tribute to that effort and spirit of enterprise.
  As a result, initiative, enterprise, and valor are once again at a premium.
  A happy combination of luck and enterprise has put a South Lakeland village on the brink of prosperity for the foreseeable future.
  These grown-up children were usually those who had no spirit of enterprise.
  For the sake of Britain's future I want every child enthused with the spirit of enterprise.
  Scotland needs many more people like them with ambition, courage and a strong spirit of enterprise.
  Only then will Scotland match its historic commitment to tackling poverty with the new spirit of enterprise on which our shared future depends.
  He has the drive, ability, enterprise and youth to make a further substantial contribution to the Irish media.
  I knew from an early age what that comfort depended on: diligence, enterprise and initiative.
  The spirit of enterprise is alive and kicking in Scotland.
  Sometimes, however, it can take a little initiative and enterprise to secure municipal services for the village.
  But, I am bound to add, in the context of the spirit of Western enterprise, it should not surprise us.
  The spirit of enterprise depends on this will to win.
  A baya of enterprise, energy and skill may be the proud builder of four nests in a colony, each happily occupied with a female on eggs.
  Or is it only the last chapter of the long story of our ability to absorb foreigners, and draw new strength from their energy and enterprise?
  Big cities are both cradles and magnets for enterprise and creativity.
  The inequality in the world just now is reprehensible, but human ingenuity and enterprise can triumph against the odds.
  It shows enterprise and the ability to get on with other people, and these are often better guides to character than academic achievement.
  Remember, inventive enterprise built America, not the Federal Government.
  It took a number of coincidences and lots of good luck to release this strong spirit of enterprise hidden in them.
  Synonyms
  initiative, resourcefulness, resource, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, creativity
  quick-wittedness, cleverness, native wit, talent, ability, capability
  spirit, spiritedness, enthusiasm, dynamism, leadership, drive, zest, dash, ambition, ambitiousness, energy, verve, vigour, vitality
  boldness, daring, spirit of adventure, audacity, courage, intrepidity
  informal gumption, get-up-and-go, go, push, oomph, pizzazz, pep, zip, vim
2A business or company.
企业，公司
a state-owned enterprise
国有企业。
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyone caught using the service as part of a commercial enterprise will have their contract terminated.
- The established socialized enterprises were allowed to contract work in the developing private sphere.
- But these oligopolistic industries also included other types of business enterprises.
- It is a commercial enterprise which invites business from the public in terms of sales, parts, servicing and works.
- The rents generated by the sites depend on the prosperity of the enterprises on the sites.
- Tucked away behind this traditional front is a different enterprise producing an impressive business performance.
- After it moved to its Curtis Street premises 13 years ago, the enterprise started stocking organic produce.
- In contrast, a creditor is a commercial enterprise or a person to whom money is owed.
- It was established in 1993 to promote small enterprise and job creation throughout the county.
- Reports in the Hong Kong business press say many enterprises are being pushed to the wall.
- The entry of private enterprises made those markets more lively and dynamic.
- As a business enterprise this has not been as successful as we would like, and we're up front about that.
- Few local State-owned and private enterprises call the headhunting companies for help.
- You are a business-an enterprise with a quality based product line, and skilled knowledge base.
- In many countries there is no power to seek divestiture to split up established business enterprises.
- The company took over the festival 15 months ago from a small non-profit making enterprise after both competed for the contract.
- State-owned enterprises have a commercial focus; that is what they were set up to have.
- As well as growing more common, the enterprise has become more organised.
- In the past, mostly big enterprises opened up their businesses in Shanghai.
- Integration between business processes within the enterprise is the first step.
Synonyms
business, company, firm, (commercial) undertaking, venture, organization, operation, concern, industry, corporation, establishment, house, shop, office, bureau, agency, franchise, practice, partnership, consortium, cooperative, conglomerate, group, combine, syndicate
informal outfit, set-up
1. 2.1mass noun Entrepreneurial economic activity.
  （企业家的）经营（活动）
  an economic environment which encourages enterprise
  as modifier local enterprise agencies
  Example sentencesExamples
  This venture is new, with the view to help those people who love to develop local enterprise by promoting home produce.
  The first step was for Susan to undertake a health and safety training course run by her local county enterprise board.
  In addition, representatives from local enterprise companies have attempted to dispel Edinburghers' ideas.
  Occasionally labour contracts encouraged enterprise on the part of the operatives.
  It is scientific, economic, friendly to both enterprise and the environment - and it works.
  Potentially damaging splits have emerged on some local enterprise company boards.
  Those responsible for local spending are concerned with education, local enterprise, and housing.
  There was also an exhibition in the college atrium to raise awareness of enterprise activities and identify potential entrepreneurs.
  Equally clear is the need to support and develop local enterprise and entrepreneurship.
  Here is an agency set up to encourage local enterprise, which is using public funds to further a policy of land distribution.
  I am glad it does not, but the relationship between Tourism New Zealand and this new enterprise agency is one area we need to look at.
  The funding will benefit local groups and encourage enterprise.
  As he expounded the philosophy of enterprise and free-market wealth creation, there was a stir of interest in the public gallery.
  This will mean a drop in money for big farmers and greater emphasis on encouraging local enterprise.
  Over £338 million will be spent on local enterprise through the County Enterprise Boards.
  It is anticipated that up to 80 stands will be on display from large to medium businesses to local craft and enterprise.
  Insufficient domestic demand was the main impediment to enterprise activity.
  That, of course, means more mature politicians and enterprise agencies who are actually enterprising.
  His decision to go in June is no surprise, but is earlier than expected and comes at a time when major upheaval is planned in local enterprise networks.
  However, smaller firms must deal with local enterprise boards, which are micro-managed.

Derivatives

enterpriser

noun

If he is a worker or enterpriser as well, however, he contributes to production in the same manner as other individuals, and like them deserves to receive the full yield of his efforts.
Example sentencesExamples
- The capitalists, the enterprisers, and the farmers are instrumental in the conduct of economic affairs.
- But media companies that dominate a market have little incentive to spend money on enterprisers and investigations.
- When workers and enterprisers combine their skills, savings, and inventiveness to produce goods and services, these are precisely the efforts that are penalized by current fiscal policies.
- Industrial booms periodically gave way to industrial collapse, with workers and enterprisers alike suffering from the breakdown.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, 'something undertaken', feminine past participle (used as a noun) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere 'to take'.

Definition of enterprise in US English:

enterprise

nounˈen(t)ərˌprīzˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪz

1A project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort.
（艰难的）计划，事业
a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies
法国和日本两国公司间的一项合作计划。
Example sentencesExamples
- You are advised to take the lead with regard to joint enterprises and commitments.
- We want added-value projects, enterprises that involve design and development, for instance.
- But you have a common commodity and a common end and you have a joint enterprise, have you not?
- This made farming a joint enterprise with each benefiting from the other.
- Neither of them are alleged to have actually wielded the knife, but were part of a joint enterprise, he said.
- The emperor undertook great enterprises with enthusiasm; his son avoids them.
- It is at this point that the idea of a joint enterprise, be it marital or based on cohabitation, becomes crucial.
- The contributions of big game hunting to the imperial enterprise were multiple and complex.
- This used to be a joint enterprise with her husband.
- So bold an enterprise, so boldly undertaken, is bound to provoke not merely thought but dissent.
- Indeed most of the things I had done were really joint enterprises.
- In my submission, that evidence clearly laid the basis for the joint enterprise, at least as far as the attempted armed robbery went.
- China and Russia will support a joint enterprise and have voted for the UN Security Council resolution of condemnation.
- Many view the European project as an enterprise of long conversations with little change.
- The cases tend to talk in terms of there being a joint enterprise, or pre-arranged plan or talk of the accused acting in concert.
- Thus, given the scope of the enterprise, the project would inevitably enhance teaching and stimulate research.
- Along the way, there are some moments that threaten to take the entire enterprise completely off the rails.
- The Universe was believed to be far too complex for such an enterprise to be even considered.
- Next, you'll list the tasks that will bring about the successful completion of your new enterprise.
- It is also an enterprise that complements other positive environmental, farming and rural development schemes.
Synonyms
undertaking, endeavour, venture, pursuit, exercise, activity, operation, exploit, mission, deed, act, action, move, measure, task, business, affair, proceeding
1. 1.1 Initiative and resourcefulness.
  事业心，进取精神；机智
  success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck
  成功之所以来得这么快，靠的是才能、足智多谋和运气。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I knew from an early age what that comfort depended on: diligence, enterprise and initiative.
  Scotland needs many more people like them with ambition, courage and a strong spirit of enterprise.
  For the sake of Britain's future I want every child enthused with the spirit of enterprise.
  I want to pay tribute to that effort and spirit of enterprise.
  As a result, initiative, enterprise, and valor are once again at a premium.
  The spirit of enterprise is alive and kicking in Scotland.
  Remember, inventive enterprise built America, not the Federal Government.
  A baya of enterprise, energy and skill may be the proud builder of four nests in a colony, each happily occupied with a female on eggs.
  The inequality in the world just now is reprehensible, but human ingenuity and enterprise can triumph against the odds.
  The spirit of enterprise depends on this will to win.
  He has the drive, ability, enterprise and youth to make a further substantial contribution to the Irish media.
  Big cities are both cradles and magnets for enterprise and creativity.
  Sometimes, however, it can take a little initiative and enterprise to secure municipal services for the village.
  It took a number of coincidences and lots of good luck to release this strong spirit of enterprise hidden in them.
  Or is it only the last chapter of the long story of our ability to absorb foreigners, and draw new strength from their energy and enterprise?
  A happy combination of luck and enterprise has put a South Lakeland village on the brink of prosperity for the foreseeable future.
  But, I am bound to add, in the context of the spirit of Western enterprise, it should not surprise us.
  It shows enterprise and the ability to get on with other people, and these are often better guides to character than academic achievement.
  These grown-up children were usually those who had no spirit of enterprise.
  Only then will Scotland match its historic commitment to tackling poverty with the new spirit of enterprise on which our shared future depends.
  Synonyms
  initiative, resourcefulness, resource, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, creativity
2A business or company.
企业，公司
a state-owned enterprise
国有企业。
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyone caught using the service as part of a commercial enterprise will have their contract terminated.
- Few local State-owned and private enterprises call the headhunting companies for help.
- Integration between business processes within the enterprise is the first step.
- Reports in the Hong Kong business press say many enterprises are being pushed to the wall.
- State-owned enterprises have a commercial focus; that is what they were set up to have.
- But these oligopolistic industries also included other types of business enterprises.
- In the past, mostly big enterprises opened up their businesses in Shanghai.
- Tucked away behind this traditional front is a different enterprise producing an impressive business performance.
- It was established in 1993 to promote small enterprise and job creation throughout the county.
- The entry of private enterprises made those markets more lively and dynamic.
- It is a commercial enterprise which invites business from the public in terms of sales, parts, servicing and works.
- The established socialized enterprises were allowed to contract work in the developing private sphere.
- As well as growing more common, the enterprise has become more organised.
- The company took over the festival 15 months ago from a small non-profit making enterprise after both competed for the contract.
- In many countries there is no power to seek divestiture to split up established business enterprises.
- The rents generated by the sites depend on the prosperity of the enterprises on the sites.
- After it moved to its Curtis Street premises 13 years ago, the enterprise started stocking organic produce.
- In contrast, a creditor is a commercial enterprise or a person to whom money is owed.
- As a business enterprise this has not been as successful as we would like, and we're up front about that.
- You are a business-an enterprise with a quality based product line, and skilled knowledge base.
Synonyms
business, company, firm, undertaking, commercial undertaking, venture, organization, operation, concern, industry, corporation, establishment, house, shop, office, bureau, agency, franchise, practice, partnership, consortium, cooperative, conglomerate, group, combine, syndicate
1. 2.1 Entrepreneurial economic activity.
  （企业家的）经营（活动）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Potentially damaging splits have emerged on some local enterprise company boards.
  His decision to go in June is no surprise, but is earlier than expected and comes at a time when major upheaval is planned in local enterprise networks.
  Insufficient domestic demand was the main impediment to enterprise activity.
  Equally clear is the need to support and develop local enterprise and entrepreneurship.
  It is scientific, economic, friendly to both enterprise and the environment - and it works.
  I am glad it does not, but the relationship between Tourism New Zealand and this new enterprise agency is one area we need to look at.
  Over £338 million will be spent on local enterprise through the County Enterprise Boards.
  As he expounded the philosophy of enterprise and free-market wealth creation, there was a stir of interest in the public gallery.
  It is anticipated that up to 80 stands will be on display from large to medium businesses to local craft and enterprise.
  There was also an exhibition in the college atrium to raise awareness of enterprise activities and identify potential entrepreneurs.
  This will mean a drop in money for big farmers and greater emphasis on encouraging local enterprise.
  This venture is new, with the view to help those people who love to develop local enterprise by promoting home produce.
  Here is an agency set up to encourage local enterprise, which is using public funds to further a policy of land distribution.
  However, smaller firms must deal with local enterprise boards, which are micro-managed.
  The funding will benefit local groups and encourage enterprise.
  Those responsible for local spending are concerned with education, local enterprise, and housing.
  In addition, representatives from local enterprise companies have attempted to dispel Edinburghers' ideas.
  Occasionally labour contracts encouraged enterprise on the part of the operatives.
  That, of course, means more mature politicians and enterprise agencies who are actually enterprising.
  The first step was for Susan to undertake a health and safety training course run by her local county enterprise board.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, ‘something undertaken’, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’.

词汇	enterprise
释义	Definition of enterprise in English: enterprise nounˈɛntəprʌɪzˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪz 1A project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one. a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies 法国和日本两国公司间的一项合作计划。 Example sentencesExamples Along the way, there are some moments that threaten to take the entire enterprise completely off the rails. But you have a common commodity and a common end and you have a joint enterprise, have you not? Many view the European project as an enterprise of long conversations with little change. This used to be a joint enterprise with her husband. Thus, given the scope of the enterprise, the project would inevitably enhance teaching and stimulate research. Neither of them are alleged to have actually wielded the knife, but were part of a joint enterprise, he said. The cases tend to talk in terms of there being a joint enterprise, or pre-arranged plan or talk of the accused acting in concert. It is at this point that the idea of a joint enterprise, be it marital or based on cohabitation, becomes crucial. China and Russia will support a joint enterprise and have voted for the UN Security Council resolution of condemnation. In my submission, that evidence clearly laid the basis for the joint enterprise, at least as far as the attempted armed robbery went. Next, you'll list the tasks that will bring about the successful completion of your new enterprise. You are advised to take the lead with regard to joint enterprises and commitments. It is also an enterprise that complements other positive environmental, farming and rural development schemes. The contributions of big game hunting to the imperial enterprise were multiple and complex. Indeed most of the things I had done were really joint enterprises. So bold an enterprise, so boldly undertaken, is bound to provoke not merely thought but dissent. The Universe was believed to be far too complex for such an enterprise to be even considered. We want added-value projects, enterprises that involve design and development, for instance. This made farming a joint enterprise with each benefiting from the other. The emperor undertook great enterprises with enthusiasm; his son avoids them. Synonyms undertaking, endeavour, venture, pursuit, exercise, activity, operation, exploit, mission, deed, act, action, move, measure, task, business, affair, proceeding scheme, plan, plan of action, programme, campaign project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, idea, conception informal caper British informal wheeze 1.1mass noun Initiative and resourcefulness. 事业心，进取精神；机智 success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck 成功之所以来得这么快，靠的是才能、足智多谋和运气。 Example sentencesExamples I want to pay tribute to that effort and spirit of enterprise. As a result, initiative, enterprise, and valor are once again at a premium. A happy combination of luck and enterprise has put a South Lakeland village on the brink of prosperity for the foreseeable future. These grown-up children were usually those who had no spirit of enterprise. For the sake of Britain's future I want every child enthused with the spirit of enterprise. Scotland needs many more people like them with ambition, courage and a strong spirit of enterprise. Only then will Scotland match its historic commitment to tackling poverty with the new spirit of enterprise on which our shared future depends. He has the drive, ability, enterprise and youth to make a further substantial contribution to the Irish media. I knew from an early age what that comfort depended on: diligence, enterprise and initiative. The spirit of enterprise is alive and kicking in Scotland. Sometimes, however, it can take a little initiative and enterprise to secure municipal services for the village. But, I am bound to add, in the context of the spirit of Western enterprise, it should not surprise us. The spirit of enterprise depends on this will to win. A baya of enterprise, energy and skill may be the proud builder of four nests in a colony, each happily occupied with a female on eggs. Or is it only the last chapter of the long story of our ability to absorb foreigners, and draw new strength from their energy and enterprise? Big cities are both cradles and magnets for enterprise and creativity. The inequality in the world just now is reprehensible, but human ingenuity and enterprise can triumph against the odds. It shows enterprise and the ability to get on with other people, and these are often better guides to character than academic achievement. Remember, inventive enterprise built America, not the Federal Government. It took a number of coincidences and lots of good luck to release this strong spirit of enterprise hidden in them. Synonyms initiative, resourcefulness, resource, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, creativity quick-wittedness, cleverness, native wit, talent, ability, capability spirit, spiritedness, enthusiasm, dynamism, leadership, drive, zest, dash, ambition, ambitiousness, energy, verve, vigour, vitality boldness, daring, spirit of adventure, audacity, courage, intrepidity informal gumption, get-up-and-go, go, push, oomph, pizzazz, pep, zip, vim 2A business or company. 企业，公司 a state-owned enterprise 国有企业。 Example sentencesExamples Anyone caught using the service as part of a commercial enterprise will have their contract terminated. The established socialized enterprises were allowed to contract work in the developing private sphere. But these oligopolistic industries also included other types of business enterprises. It is a commercial enterprise which invites business from the public in terms of sales, parts, servicing and works. The rents generated by the sites depend on the prosperity of the enterprises on the sites. Tucked away behind this traditional front is a different enterprise producing an impressive business performance. After it moved to its Curtis Street premises 13 years ago, the enterprise started stocking organic produce. In contrast, a creditor is a commercial enterprise or a person to whom money is owed. It was established in 1993 to promote small enterprise and job creation throughout the county. Reports in the Hong Kong business press say many enterprises are being pushed to the wall. The entry of private enterprises made those markets more lively and dynamic. As a business enterprise this has not been as successful as we would like, and we're up front about that. Few local State-owned and private enterprises call the headhunting companies for help. You are a business-an enterprise with a quality based product line, and skilled knowledge base. In many countries there is no power to seek divestiture to split up established business enterprises. The company took over the festival 15 months ago from a small non-profit making enterprise after both competed for the contract. State-owned enterprises have a commercial focus; that is what they were set up to have. As well as growing more common, the enterprise has become more organised. In the past, mostly big enterprises opened up their businesses in Shanghai. Integration between business processes within the enterprise is the first step. Synonyms business, company, firm, (commercial) undertaking, venture, organization, operation, concern, industry, corporation, establishment, house, shop, office, bureau, agency, franchise, practice, partnership, consortium, cooperative, conglomerate, group, combine, syndicate informal outfit, set-up 2.1mass noun Entrepreneurial economic activity. （企业家的）经营（活动） an economic environment which encourages enterprise as modifier local enterprise agencies Example sentencesExamples This venture is new, with the view to help those people who love to develop local enterprise by promoting home produce. The first step was for Susan to undertake a health and safety training course run by her local county enterprise board. In addition, representatives from local enterprise companies have attempted to dispel Edinburghers' ideas. Occasionally labour contracts encouraged enterprise on the part of the operatives. It is scientific, economic, friendly to both enterprise and the environment - and it works. Potentially damaging splits have emerged on some local enterprise company boards. Those responsible for local spending are concerned with education, local enterprise, and housing. There was also an exhibition in the college atrium to raise awareness of enterprise activities and identify potential entrepreneurs. Equally clear is the need to support and develop local enterprise and entrepreneurship. Here is an agency set up to encourage local enterprise, which is using public funds to further a policy of land distribution. I am glad it does not, but the relationship between Tourism New Zealand and this new enterprise agency is one area we need to look at. The funding will benefit local groups and encourage enterprise. As he expounded the philosophy of enterprise and free-market wealth creation, there was a stir of interest in the public gallery. This will mean a drop in money for big farmers and greater emphasis on encouraging local enterprise. Over £338 million will be spent on local enterprise through the County Enterprise Boards. It is anticipated that up to 80 stands will be on display from large to medium businesses to local craft and enterprise. Insufficient domestic demand was the main impediment to enterprise activity. That, of course, means more mature politicians and enterprise agencies who are actually enterprising. His decision to go in June is no surprise, but is earlier than expected and comes at a time when major upheaval is planned in local enterprise networks. However, smaller firms must deal with local enterprise boards, which are micro-managed. Derivatives enterpriser noun If he is a worker or enterpriser as well, however, he contributes to production in the same manner as other individuals, and like them deserves to receive the full yield of his efforts. Example sentencesExamples The capitalists, the enterprisers, and the farmers are instrumental in the conduct of economic affairs. But media companies that dominate a market have little incentive to spend money on enterprisers and investigations. When workers and enterprisers combine their skills, savings, and inventiveness to produce goods and services, these are precisely the efforts that are penalized by current fiscal policies. Industrial booms periodically gave way to industrial collapse, with workers and enterprisers alike suffering from the breakdown. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, 'something undertaken', feminine past participle (used as a noun) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere 'to take'. Definition of enterprise in US English: enterprise nounˈen(t)ərˌprīzˈɛn(t)ərˌpraɪz 1A project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort. （艰难的）计划，事业 a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies 法国和日本两国公司间的一项合作计划。 Example sentencesExamples You are advised to take the lead with regard to joint enterprises and commitments. We want added-value projects, enterprises that involve design and development, for instance. But you have a common commodity and a common end and you have a joint enterprise, have you not? This made farming a joint enterprise with each benefiting from the other. Neither of them are alleged to have actually wielded the knife, but were part of a joint enterprise, he said. The emperor undertook great enterprises with enthusiasm; his son avoids them. It is at this point that the idea of a joint enterprise, be it marital or based on cohabitation, becomes crucial. The contributions of big game hunting to the imperial enterprise were multiple and complex. This used to be a joint enterprise with her husband. So bold an enterprise, so boldly undertaken, is bound to provoke not merely thought but dissent. Indeed most of the things I had done were really joint enterprises. In my submission, that evidence clearly laid the basis for the joint enterprise, at least as far as the attempted armed robbery went. China and Russia will support a joint enterprise and have voted for the UN Security Council resolution of condemnation. Many view the European project as an enterprise of long conversations with little change. The cases tend to talk in terms of there being a joint enterprise, or pre-arranged plan or talk of the accused acting in concert. Thus, given the scope of the enterprise, the project would inevitably enhance teaching and stimulate research. Along the way, there are some moments that threaten to take the entire enterprise completely off the rails. The Universe was believed to be far too complex for such an enterprise to be even considered. Next, you'll list the tasks that will bring about the successful completion of your new enterprise. It is also an enterprise that complements other positive environmental, farming and rural development schemes. Synonyms undertaking, endeavour, venture, pursuit, exercise, activity, operation, exploit, mission, deed, act, action, move, measure, task, business, affair, proceeding 1.1 Initiative and resourcefulness. 事业心，进取精神；机智 success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck 成功之所以来得这么快，靠的是才能、足智多谋和运气。 Example sentencesExamples I knew from an early age what that comfort depended on: diligence, enterprise and initiative. Scotland needs many more people like them with ambition, courage and a strong spirit of enterprise. For the sake of Britain's future I want every child enthused with the spirit of enterprise. I want to pay tribute to that effort and spirit of enterprise. As a result, initiative, enterprise, and valor are once again at a premium. The spirit of enterprise is alive and kicking in Scotland. Remember, inventive enterprise built America, not the Federal Government. A baya of enterprise, energy and skill may be the proud builder of four nests in a colony, each happily occupied with a female on eggs. The inequality in the world just now is reprehensible, but human ingenuity and enterprise can triumph against the odds. The spirit of enterprise depends on this will to win. He has the drive, ability, enterprise and youth to make a further substantial contribution to the Irish media. Big cities are both cradles and magnets for enterprise and creativity. Sometimes, however, it can take a little initiative and enterprise to secure municipal services for the village. It took a number of coincidences and lots of good luck to release this strong spirit of enterprise hidden in them. Or is it only the last chapter of the long story of our ability to absorb foreigners, and draw new strength from their energy and enterprise? A happy combination of luck and enterprise has put a South Lakeland village on the brink of prosperity for the foreseeable future. But, I am bound to add, in the context of the spirit of Western enterprise, it should not surprise us. It shows enterprise and the ability to get on with other people, and these are often better guides to character than academic achievement. These grown-up children were usually those who had no spirit of enterprise. Only then will Scotland match its historic commitment to tackling poverty with the new spirit of enterprise on which our shared future depends. Synonyms initiative, resourcefulness, resource, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, creativity 2A business or company. 企业，公司 a state-owned enterprise 国有企业。 Example sentencesExamples Anyone caught using the service as part of a commercial enterprise will have their contract terminated. Few local State-owned and private enterprises call the headhunting companies for help. Integration between business processes within the enterprise is the first step. Reports in the Hong Kong business press say many enterprises are being pushed to the wall. State-owned enterprises have a commercial focus; that is what they were set up to have. But these oligopolistic industries also included other types of business enterprises. In the past, mostly big enterprises opened up their businesses in Shanghai. Tucked away behind this traditional front is a different enterprise producing an impressive business performance. It was established in 1993 to promote small enterprise and job creation throughout the county. The entry of private enterprises made those markets more lively and dynamic. It is a commercial enterprise which invites business from the public in terms of sales, parts, servicing and works. The established socialized enterprises were allowed to contract work in the developing private sphere. As well as growing more common, the enterprise has become more organised. The company took over the festival 15 months ago from a small non-profit making enterprise after both competed for the contract. In many countries there is no power to seek divestiture to split up established business enterprises. The rents generated by the sites depend on the prosperity of the enterprises on the sites. After it moved to its Curtis Street premises 13 years ago, the enterprise started stocking organic produce. In contrast, a creditor is a commercial enterprise or a person to whom money is owed. As a business enterprise this has not been as successful as we would like, and we're up front about that. You are a business-an enterprise with a quality based product line, and skilled knowledge base. Synonyms business, company, firm, undertaking, commercial undertaking, venture, organization, operation, concern, industry, corporation, establishment, house, shop, office, bureau, agency, franchise, practice, partnership, consortium, cooperative, conglomerate, group, combine, syndicate 2.1 Entrepreneurial economic activity. （企业家的）经营（活动） Example sentencesExamples Potentially damaging splits have emerged on some local enterprise company boards. His decision to go in June is no surprise, but is earlier than expected and comes at a time when major upheaval is planned in local enterprise networks. Insufficient domestic demand was the main impediment to enterprise activity. Equally clear is the need to support and develop local enterprise and entrepreneurship. It is scientific, economic, friendly to both enterprise and the environment - and it works. I am glad it does not, but the relationship between Tourism New Zealand and this new enterprise agency is one area we need to look at. Over £338 million will be spent on local enterprise through the County Enterprise Boards. As he expounded the philosophy of enterprise and free-market wealth creation, there was a stir of interest in the public gallery. It is anticipated that up to 80 stands will be on display from large to medium businesses to local craft and enterprise. There was also an exhibition in the college atrium to raise awareness of enterprise activities and identify potential entrepreneurs. This will mean a drop in money for big farmers and greater emphasis on encouraging local enterprise. This venture is new, with the view to help those people who love to develop local enterprise by promoting home produce. Here is an agency set up to encourage local enterprise, which is using public funds to further a policy of land distribution. However, smaller firms must deal with local enterprise boards, which are micro-managed. The funding will benefit local groups and encourage enterprise. Those responsible for local spending are concerned with education, local enterprise, and housing. In addition, representatives from local enterprise companies have attempted to dispel Edinburghers' ideas. Occasionally labour contracts encouraged enterprise on the part of the operatives. That, of course, means more mature politicians and enterprise agencies who are actually enterprising. The first step was for Susan to undertake a health and safety training course run by her local county enterprise board. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, ‘something undertaken’, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of entreprendre, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’.
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