a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks创业者，企业家（尤指涉及财务风险的）- A creative entrepreneur, he was continually dreaming up new projects.他是个创新型企业家，总是在不断地推出新设想。
- a recent MBA graduate and budding entrepreneur一名刚刚工商管理硕士毕业的崭露头角的企业家
Extra Examples- a serial entrepreneur who had founded four companies一位连续创办了 4 家公司的企业家
- The risks of starting your own business can be very great, and most budding entrepreneurs find that they have never worked so hard in their lives.开办自己的企业的风险可能非常大，大多数新兴企业家发现他们从未在生活中如此努力过。
Topics Jobsb2, Businessb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryadjectiveSee full entry Word Originearly 19th cent. (denoting the director of a musical institution): from French, from entreprendre ‘undertake’, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to take’.