private enterprise 成语
free enterprise|enterprise|free
n. phr. A system in which private business is controlled by as few government rules as possible.
The United States is proud of its free enterprise.
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private enterprise. An undertaking on one's own behalf, especially a shady or illegal one. For example,
The city treasurer didn't bother with competitive bids; the spirit of free enterprise just led him to his brother-in-law, or
The sergeant indulged in a little private enterprise, selling cigarettes on the black market. This sarcastic application of a term that has meant, since about 1885, the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with a minimum of government control, dates from the mid-1900s.
private enterprise
Something that one pursues, generally illegally, as a agency to claimed gain. Did you apprehend that she's started dabbling in some clandestine action and affairs things on the atramentous market?Learn more: enterprise, private