(1)奇遇，历险(series of events that is unusual，exciting and often dangerous)[C]：have an～in the mountains/the African forests/the jungle/the Arctic 在山区/非洲森林中/丛林中/北极的历险;one's Arctic/space～北极/太空冒险;A flight in an aeroplane used to be quite an～.从前坐飞机可真是一种历险。Alice's A～s in Wonderland 《爱丽丝仙境历险记》;the～s of Marco Polo 马可·波罗的历险;〖同〗venture;

(2)冒险(excitement of danger or risk)[U]：Her love of～encouraged her to join the expedition.她对冒险的爱好激励她参加探险队。a spirit/sense of～冒险的精神/感觉;a life full of～充满冒险的生活;live a life of～过冒险的生活;in search of～寻求冒险;～stories/playground 冒险故事/儿童游乐园;

→ ad′venturer，ad′venturess n 冒险者;投机者;ad′venturous adj 爱冒险的;惊险的;ad′venturously adv 惊险地;

【辨异】adventure和venture都有冒险之意;但adventure较常用，包含有“刺激”、“兴奋”之意，可能有危险，也可能无;而venture指冒生命或经济风险。