- (old-fashioned)
a person who enjoys exciting new experiences, especially going to unusual places 冒险者；冒险家 He’s a romantic at heart, a born adventurer. 他本质上是个浪漫主义者，天生的冒险家。 The buildings are named after great sailors and adventurers like Drake and Nelson. 这些建筑以德雷克和纳尔逊等伟大的水手和冒险家的名字命名。 The city was a natural meeting point for traders and adventurers travelling from East to West. 这座城市是从东到西旅行的商人和冒险家的天然聚集地。
- (often disapproving)
a person who is willing to take risks or act in a dishonest way in order to gain money or power 投机分子
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a gambler): from French aventurier, from aventurer ‘venture upon’, based on Latin adventurus ‘about to happen’, from advenire ‘arrive’, from ad- ‘to’ + venire ‘come’.