enterprise
noun
uk
/ˈen.tə.praɪz/ us
/ˈen.t̬ɚ.praɪz/enterprise noun (BUSINESS)
C1 [ C or U ]
an organizationespecially a businessor a difficult and important planespecially one that will earn money
组织;（尤指）公司，企业;（尤指营利性的、艰巨而重大的）计划，事业
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 privatelyrather 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。
- 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.
