venture
单词辨析：
指冒风险试一试，或是去可能会有危险的地方，或是做有风险的事。
He never ventured out at night when he was a child.
他还是小孩子的时候，从不敢在晚上外出。
Someone was knocking, and she paused before venturing downstairs to the door.
有人在敲门，她犹豫了一下，然后大着胆子下楼，走向门口。
It's very bold of you to venture to do so.
你冒险这样做很大胆。
指做自己觉得可能有风险的事情。
The runaway slave decided to stay in the cave because he couldn't chance being found.
那个逃跑的奴隶决定留在山洞里，因为他不敢冒险被人发现。
He was not sure if another route could save him more time, but he decided to chance it.
他不知道另一条路线是不是能节省更多的时间，但是他决定冒一下险。
指为获得某物而冒失去钱财等的风险，也指冒险猜测、建议等。
Careless drivers hazard passengers' lives as well as their own.
粗心大意的驾驶者拿乘客和自己的生命冒险。
I wouldn't like to hazard a guess.
我不想冒险猜测。
指使遭受失去、毁坏、伤害等风险或承担此类风险去做某事，也指做有危险或不好结果的事。
Don't you think that smokers are actually risking their own health?
难道你不认为吸烟者其实是在拿自己的健康去冒险吗？
That politician has prepared to risk everything to avoid divorce.
那名政客准备不惜一切来避免离婚。
If they cannot get that loan, they may risk losing the company.
如果不能得到那笔贷款，他们就有可能失去公司。
You could make up a reason for being late, but I wouldn't risk it.
你可以编个迟到的理由，但我不想冒这个险。
指激动人心的、奇怪的、危险的经历。
I told them of my adventure at the North Pole.
我对他们讲述了我在北极的冒险经历。
His life was full of adventures.
他的生活中充满了冒险。
指思考新活动、新想法等并使之可行的探索能力。
Jack is a man of great enterprise.
杰克很有进取精神。
指有风险的投资或活动。
business ventures
商业风投
What is your opinion about her latest writing venture?
你对她最新的写作尝试有何看法？
相关例句：
'Don't ask,' he said, whenever Ginny ventured to raise the subject.
每当金尼鼓起勇气提起这个话题时，他就说“不要问”。
Grace was flushed with the success of the venture
格雷斯为冒险成功而感到兴奋。
I venture to disagree.
我冒昧地不同意。
The King's Reach hotel was built as a speculative venture but never completed.
金里奇酒店本来是作为一个投机性的风险项目建设的，但一直没有完工。
Schulte warned government and industrial leaders that those who even venture to think about mass layoffs are playing with fire.
舒尔特警告政府和业界领袖说，哪怕只是动动大规模裁员念头的人都是在玩火。
Stephen ventured a few more sentences in halting Welsh.
在阻止韦尔什时，斯蒂芬壮着胆子多说了几句。