adventurer
冒险家
definition
noun
Four young adventurers play hide and seek in the country home of an old professor, where they stumble upon an enchanted wardrobe that will take them places they never dreamed.
a person who enjoys or seeks adventure.
translation of 'adventurer'
noun
冒险家
example
It is the picaresque story of an Irish 'adventurer' who unconsciously reveals his villainy while attempting self-justification.
‘We will adopt all necessary measures to steadfastly smash any political 'adventurer' aimed at splitting the motherland,’ he said.
No doubt a long swim would get you back to terra firma but, call us wimps, we weren't prepared to risk it - despite John's appeal to the 'adventurer' in us.
The plucky 'adventurer' is also attempting to trek up Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in July.
In 1720 the Scottish 'adventurer' John Law had attempted to set up a state bank on the promise of overseas trading profits, and had paid the king's debts in banknotes.
The millionaire 'adventurer' was the first person to circle the globe solo in a hot-air balloon.
a political 'adventurer'
The man who came up with the answer was a financial 'adventurer' called William Paterson, a Scot who had made his name down south as one of the founding directors of the Bank of England.
His father was a bullying 'adventurer' who earned a precarious living as a mercenary soldier and deserted the family when Johannes was 17.
The wealthy 'adventurer' financed Ben's hunt for the treasure.
The play, written between 1613 and 1615, tells the story of Pedro, a loveable trickster, rogue and 'adventurer' , played by John Ramm, who aims to help everyone to gain popularity.
The unsung Victorian 'adventurer' hacked, bullied and charmed his way through uncharted jungle to help establish British colonial rule in Burma.
In the 1920s British historian Charles Grey savaged the American 'adventurer' as an unhinged embellisher at best, a liar at worst.
That is a mask that any political 'adventurer' can put on.
The once seamless constitution of the United Kingdom - the product of a millennium of political evolution - has been shredded by this 'adventurer' and his gang of mercenary barrow boys, so that it is now reduced to incoherence.
A true 'adventurer' , he is driven purely by thrills, seeking danger and excitement simply because nothing else will do.
In April last year the Carterton 'adventurer' attempted the first overflight of Mt Cook, only to be turned back by the weather as he got to within 100m of the summit.
AN 'adventurer' from Sheffield has vanished while attempting a solo walk through some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world.
She was the natural daughter of a financial 'adventurer' who bequeathed her his fortune.
He was a skilful politician, but he was not an 'adventurer' or a visionary.
a political 'adventurer'
Charles Lindbergh's stunning crossing of the Atlantic did not stop other aerial 'adventurers' from attempting the flight over that vast ocean.
This, in effect, brings into replay the colonial practice of extra-territoriality enjoyed by colonisers and 'adventurers' on foreign soils.
As their empires' borders crept closer, so began the Great Game, a melodramatic blend of exploration and intrigue with spies, 'adventurers' and ‘political agents’.
They said that the Germans were furious and obscene at their feasts; the Normans, vain and boastful; the Potevins, traitors and always 'adventurers' .
Some private 'adventurers' and investors in London suggested the possibility of introducing a Plantation.
What actually transpired was that an influx of political 'adventurers' swamped the party, particularly at the regional and riding level.
This family had been German military 'adventurers' with no connection to Brandenburg-Prussia.
Journeying to unfamiliar spots, eating exotic food, and staying overnight at a variety of places, appeals to many people who are 'adventurers' and explorers at heart.
You and 53 other 'adventurers' will stay aboard the Polar Pioneer, your floating base camp, where you'll have input in planning the ship's day-to-day itinerary.
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