adventurer
adventurer 英 [ədˈventʃərə(r)] 美 [ædˈvɛntʃəɚ]
n. 冒险家；投机商人
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- n. 冒险家；投机商人
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1. Werner Herzog would make a great subject for a Werner Herzog documentary;the director is an adventurer of outsize ambitions and eccentric appetites.
沃纳·赫尔佐格可以作为一部他的纪录片的好题材。 这位导演是位雄心过人、离经叛道的冒险家。
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2. The lover, the actor, or the adventurer plays the absurd. But equally well, if he wishes, the chaste man, the civil servant, or the president of the Republic.
情人、演员或冒险家都扮演了荒谬的角色，而如果愿意，圣人、公仆乃至共和国的总统，他们同样能够演好这个角色。
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3. JIM Rogers, international investor, author and adventurer, sat down with Shanghai Daily recently to discuss his views on China's economy, inflation outlook and commodity prices.
吉姆•罗杰斯，国际投资者，作家和冒险家，日前做客上海日报谈论他对中国经济、通胀预期和商品价格的看法。
- adventurer (n.) late 15c., "one who plays at games of chance," agent noun from adventure (v.). Meaning "one who undertakes commercial ventures" is from c. 1600. Meaning "one who seeks adventures" is from 1660s. Often in a bad sense, "seeker of fortune by rash or underhanded means;" hence adventurism (1843, in early 20c. a term in communist jargon). Fem. form adventuress attested by 1754.
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