entrepreneur /ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜːr/ 基本释义
Entrepreneur: a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks.
Elliot Turner, an AI researcher and entrepreneur, demonstrated how the model could be used to translate rude messages into politer ones, something that might be useful in many of the more bad-tempered corners of the internet.人工智能研究员、企业家艾略特·特纳展示了如何使用该模型将粗鲁的文字转换成更礼貌的表达，这将在许多充满戾气的网络之地得以应用。《经济学人》
单词entrepreneur来源于古法语enterprise，表示“企业”，后来英语单词enterprise也直接沿用了这个含义。其中前缀enter表示“进入，拿取”，后面词根的pri表示“向前”。所以，英文单词enterprise就表示“进取心，事业，企业”。
而entrepreneur就表示“创业者，企业家”，entrepreneurship则表示“企业家精神”。
之前在讲hustle时，也提到了hustler这个单词，它也可以表示“有进取心的人，年轻的创业者”。
They were neither 'bosses’ nor 'workers’, but something in between: entrepreneurs who had responsibility for developing their most important resource, brainpower, and who also needed to take more control of their own careers, including their pension plans.他们既不是“老板”，也不是“工人”，而是介于两者之间的企业家。他们负责开发自己最重要的资源、脑力，而且他们也需要对自己的职业生涯有更多的控制权，包括他们的养老金计划。《雅思阅读：Father of Modern Management》
