adventure
Definitions
An exciting, unusual, and often risky experience
冒险，奇遇
To dare to go somewhere or do something risky
冒险（去做、去往）
Root Breakdown
Native Englishad- (toward) + vent (come) + -ure (act/result) = "a thing about to come toward you." It first meant chance or fate — whatever befalls you. Because what befalls is uncertain and often dangerous, the word drifted from "a coming event" to the thrilling, risky escapade we mean today.
Root ven still carries 84 more wordsWhy It Means This
Adventure shares its root with advent ("arrival") but took a more dramatic path through Old French aventure, which meant a chance happening or one's destiny. The thread from "what is coming" to "a daring exploit" is risk: the events that come toward us are unknown, and seeking them out on purpose is adventure.
Common Collocations
- 1.sense of adventure冒险精神（sense of adventure）
- 2.spirit of adventure冒险精神
- 3.adventure travel探险旅游
- 4.great adventure了不起的冒险
Example Sentences
- 1.
Backpacking across Asia was the adventure of a lifetime.
- 2.
The children love stories full of pirates and adventure.
- 3.
They adventured deep into the unmapped jungle.