venture是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 风险投资, (商业等的) 风险项目 vi. 冒险, 大胆行事 vt. 敢于, 大胆表示; 拿…冒险, 冒…的险，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的《安徒生童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The swallows did not know anything about it; but the Stork looked musing, nodded his head, and said, 'Yes; I think I know; I met many ships as I was flying hither from Egypt; on the ships were magnificent masts, and I venture to assert that it was they that smelt so of fir.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And, do you know, if I may venture to advise you, you should go and see her today.
-- "I did not venture to disregard your excellency's commands, though the road was extremely bad.
-- Levin and he were very friendly, and so Levin used to venture to sound Sviazhsky, to try to get at the very foundation of his view of life; but it was always in vain.
-- "I am an outsider, but I so love her and respect you that I venture to advise.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Articles no less passionate than logical appeared on the question, for geography is one of the pet subjects of the English; and the columns devoted to Phileas Fogg's venture were eagerly devoured by all classes of readers.
-- IN WHICH THE MASTER OF THE "TANKADERE" RUNS GREAT RISKOF LOSING A REWARD OF TWO HUNDRED POUNDSThis voyage of eight hundred miles was a perilous venture on a craft of twenty tons, and at that season of the year.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "To go far below the surface of this matter into the fundamental philosophy and esthetics of office- furnishing for the doctor, there are today two warring schools, the Tapestry School and the Aseptic School, if I may venture to so denominate and conveniently distinguish them.
-- In midnight volubility Martin and Leora sputtered their affection for him, and saw their Wheatsylvania venture as glory and salvation.
-- "May I venture to welcome you, Doctor?
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The small lady positively skipped from her seat on seeing him, and fell to curtsying in a sort of ecstasy; but the officer took not the smallest notice of her, and she did not venture to sit down again in his presence.
-- 'That was the day before yesterday, I venture to say, if you please, sir.
-- 'Cut along, Nastasya, and bring some tea, for tea we may venture on without the faculty.
-- In the passage the crowd of spectators from all the flats on the staircase grew denser and denser, but they did not venture beyond the threshold.
-- You may even venture on a kiss, if you're careful.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then Peggotty fitted her mouth close to the key-hole, anddelivered these words through it with as much feeling andearnestness as a keyhole has ever been the medium ofcommunicating, I will venture to assert: shooting in each brokenlittle sentence in a convulsive little burst of its own.
-- Youhave found in him an influential and kind friend, who will bekinder yet, I venture to predict, if you deserve it.
-- I did not venture to controvert this opinion, but I made agood supper, which it greatly satisfied her to see me do.
-- I did not attend the funeral in character, if I may venture to say so.
-- There was a fine massivegravity in his face, I did not venture to disturb.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And as for Harriet, I will venture to say that she cannot gain by the acquaintance.
-- You and I, Emma, will venture to take the part of the poor husband.
-- Mr. Knightley looked as if he were more gratified than he cared to express; and before he could make any reply, Mr. Woodhouse, whose thoughts were on the Bates's, said 'It is a great pity that their circumstances should be so confined!a great pity indeed!and I have often wished but it is so little one can venture to do small, trifling presents, of any thing uncommon Now we have killed a porker, and Emma thinks of sending them a loin or a leg; it is very small and delicate Hartfield pork is not like any other pork but still it is pork and, my dear Emma, unless one could be sure of their making it into steaks, nicely fried, as ours are fried, without the smallest grease, and not roast it, for no stomach can bear roast pork I think we had better send the leg do not you think so, my dear?'
-- 'As you do us such ample justice now,' said Emma, laugh-ing, 'I will venture to ask, whether you did not come a little doubtfully at first?
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