enterprise
noun uk/ˈen.tə.praɪz/ us/ˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪz/
(BUSINESS)
C1 [ C or U ]组织;（尤指）公司，企业;（尤指营利性的、艰巨而重大的）计划，事业
an organization, especially a business, or a difficult and important plan, especially one that will earn money
Don't forget this is a commercial enterprise - we're here to make money. 不要忘记这是一个商业组织——我们到这儿来是为了赚钱的。
Those were the years of private enterprise (= businesses being run privately, rather than by the government), when lots of small businesses were started. 那是一个私人企业的时代，众多小公司就是那时创建的。
Her latest enterprise (= plan) is to climb Mount Everest. 她最近的雄伟计划是攀登珠穆朗玛峰。
- More examples
- a state-owned enterprise
- This is an unusual act of collaboration between a museum and a commercial enterprise.
- The spirit of competition and free enterprise is alive and well here in Dixie.
- It is a government-sponsored enterprise.
- Because the organization is a charitable enterprise it is free from tax worldwide.
(PERSONAL QUALITY)
C1 [ U ]事业心；进取心；创业精神；冒险精神
eagerness to do something new and clever, despite any risks
They've shown a lot of enterprise in setting up this project. 启动这个项目显示出他们豪迈的进取精神。
We need someone with enterprise and imagination to design a marketing strategy. 我们需要一位有进取心和创新精神的人来为我们制定市场战略。