2sense/spirit of adventurewillingness 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?
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sense/spirit of adventure• Dole can opt for some one out of the blue, making a boldstroke 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 boyishsense of adventureseeped 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.
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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 inventadventures.• It's a book about the author's real-lifeadventures 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-scaleadventure in itself.• They plunged into the thick adrenal details of the adventure.• In her new book, she looks back with affection on her wartimeadventures.• To what adventures and extremes will it lead us?
Originadventure
(1200-1300)Old Frenchaventure, from Latinadvenire“to arrive”, from ad-“to” + venire“to come”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ADVENTURE | ADVENTURE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, epic, exciting, great, wonderful大探險;英勇的冒險經歷;激動人心的冒險;精彩的冒險經歷;絕妙的冒險經歷▸➤little小探險◇We had a little adventure yesterday.昨天我們進行了一次小小的探險。➤dangerous, perilous危險的探險▸➤hair-raising恐怖的冒險經歷◇I had some hair-raising adventures when I was backpacking.我背着背包徒步旅行時經歷過非常恐怖的事情。➤romantic浪漫的奇遇▸➤fantasy, foreign, historical, military, sexual幻想的奇遇;國外歷險;歷史奇遇;軍事冒險;性冒險VERB + ADVENTURE➤embark on, have開始冒險經歷;經歷冒險▸➤be looking for, want尋求歷險;想要冒險◇Those of you looking for adventure can shoot the rapids.你們中想要冒險的人可以穿過急流。➤offer提供冒險經歷◇Perhaps the army offered adventure, a chance to travel.軍旅生活可能會有走南闖北的冒險經歷。ADVENTURE + NOUN➤film, movie, novel, story歷險電影;歷險小說;歷險故事▸➤holiday, tour, vacation (NAmE) 充滿冒險經歷的假期;充滿冒險經歷的旅行▸➤playground (BrE) 冒險樂園PHRASES➤quite an adventure (= very exciting)真刺激◇Our trip to Mexico was quite an adventure for the children.對孩子們來說,我們的墨西哥之行真是太刺激了。➤a sense of adventure, a spirit of adventure冒險意識/精神◇The trip began with a sense of adventure.旅行開始了,還帶有一點兒冒險的意味。