enterprise /ˈɛntəˌpraɪz/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT An enterprise is a company or business. 公司; 企业 [商业]

  例：

  There are plenty of small industrial enterprises.

  有很多小型的工业企业。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT An enterprise is something new, difficult, or important that you do or try to do. 事业

  例：

  Horse breeding is indeed a risky enterprise.

  养马的确是一项有风险的事业。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT Enterprise is the activity of managing companies and businesses and starting new ones. 创业 [商业]

  例：

  He is still involved in voluntary work promoting local enterprise.

  他仍从事志愿工作推动当地创业。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT Enterprise is the ability to think of new and effective things to do, together with an eagerness to do them. 开创力; 开拓精神 [表赞许]

  例：

  ...the spirit of enterprise worthy of a free and industrious people.

  …与一个自由勤劳的民族相称的开拓精神。