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at a venture
冒險地,胡亂地,碰運氣地,隨便地
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ven·ture
n.
1.
An
undertaking
of
chance
or
danger
;
the
risking
of
something
upon
an
event
which
can
not
be
foreseen
with
certainty
;
a
hazard
;
a
risk
;
a
speculation
.
I
,
in
this
venture
,
double
gains
pursue
.
--
Dryden
.
2.
An
event
that
is
not
,
or
can
not
be
,
foreseen
;
an
accident
;
chance
;
hap
;
contingency
;
luck
.
3.
The
thing
put
to
hazard
;
a
stake
;
a
risk
;
especially
,
something
sent
to
sea
in
trade
.
My
ventures
are
not
in
one
bottom
trusted
.
--
Shak
.
At a venture
,
at
hazard
;
without
seeing
the
end
or
mark
;
without
foreseeing
the
issue
;
at
random
.
A
certain
man
drew
a
bow
at a venture
.
--
1
Kings
xxii
. 34.
A
bargain
at a venture
made
.
--
Hudibras
.
Note:
☞
The
phrase
at
a
venture
was
originally
at
aventure
,
that
is
,
at
adventure
.
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