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gambles

英 [ˈɡæmblz]

美 [ˈɡæmblz]

v.  (牌戏、赛马等中)赌博,打赌; 冒风险; 碰运气; 以…为赌注
n.  赌博; 打赌; 冒险
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柯林斯词典

  • N-COUNT 冒险;投机;赌博
    Agambleis a risky action or decision that you take in the hope of gaining money, success, or an advantage over other people.
    1. Yesterday, he named his cabinet and took a big gamble in the process.
      昨天他冒了很大的风险任命了内阁成员。
    2. ...the French president's risky gamble in calling a referendum.
      法国总统决定举行全民公决的冒险之举
  • VERB 冒险;碰运气;以…为赌注
    If yougamble onsomething, you take a risky action or decision in the hope of gaining money, success, or an advantage over other people.
    1. Few firms will be willing to gamble on new products...
      很少有公司愿意冒险开发新产品。
    2. They are not prepared to gamble their careers on this matter...
      他们不愿意把自己的事业押在这件事上。
    3. Who wants to gamble with the life of a friend?
      谁会拿朋友的性命作赌注?
  • VERB (在纸牌、赛马等中)赌(钱);赌博
    If yougamblean amount of money, you bet it in a game such as cards or on the result of a race or competition. People whogambleusually do it frequently.
    1. Most people visit Las Vegas to gamble their hard-earned money...
      大多数人拿着辛苦挣来的钱去拉斯维加斯赌博。
    2. John gambled heavily on the horses...
      约翰在这几匹马上下了很大的赌注。
    3. Britain is the only country in Europe that allows minors to gamble...
      英国是欧洲唯一一个允许未成年人赌博的国家。
    4. He gambled away his family estate on a single throw of the dice.
      他掷了一次骰子便把家产输得精光。

双语例句

  • In one experiment, the truckers were asked to choose between gambles and certain payoffs.
    在一场实验中,卡车司机们必须在赌博和确定的报酬中做出选择。
  • With a bad car you have to take gambles in strategy and going for crazy things.
    开着一辆烂车你的策略只能是赌博并且做些疯狂的事情。
  • She dislikes flying, never gambles and has been married to her husband Oliver for 49 years.
    她讨厌坐飞机,从没去过赌场,嫁给她丈夫奥利佛(Oliver)已经49年。
  • Yet even well-judged gambles often fail.
    不过,即便判断英明的赌博也往往会失败。
  • 20070804: In1929, Wall Street gambles lost their shirts and the awful Depression began.
    1929年,华尔街的投机商丧失了全部财产,可怕的经济大萧条时期开始了。
  • Just goes to show that temperament and adjusting to a new club are the biggest gambles of all and that Reyes and Van Persie have it all to do on that front.
    杰弗斯的失败提醒我们融入并适应一个球队需要冒很大的风险,希望雷耶斯跟范佩西不会遭遇他们前辈的覆辙。
  • Just as other company gambles have succeeded expanding beyond books, opening the marketplace up to third-party sales, the Kindle AWS has paid off.
    就像亚马逊做出的其它赌注一样(比如扩展图书之外的市场、将自营市场发展成第三方销售平台、Kindle平板/阅读器等),亚马逊网络服务也获得了巨大的成功。
  • He gambles most of his income on the horses.
    他把大部分收入都赌在赛马上了。
  • Long-shot gambles that may tempt you, rarely work out.
    高风险的赌博经常吸引你,但却很少成功。
  • He drinks or gambles or her likes to leave he.
    她的丈夫不仅酗酒还赌博,她想要离开他了。