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

• He deserves credit for resisting specious gambles in September.
  他在九月间抵制了一些似是而非的冒险行动，这是值得称赞的。
• 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。
• Her story recalls the vision and manoeuvrings, strategy and gambles, diplomacy and dangers, courage and pettiness of those dramatic days. And it is a tale of immense personalities.
  在这部作品中，她回顾了那个戏剧性时代中的眼界与手腕、策略与赌博、外交与危险、勇气与小气。这是一个讲述巨大人格魅力的故事。
• It was the steepest and gravest of gambles with the future of his Navy and his country.
  这是拿他的海军和他的祖国的前途在这最凶险、最重大的赌局中孤注一掷。
• 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。
• As gambles go, it's probably a decent one.
  随着博弈的继续进行，这次或许能取得不错的结果。
• He gambles regularly-pretends to be a judge of form and to win quite a lot.
  他经常去赌赛马装出是个判断参赛马匹竞技状态的高手，会赢很多很多的钱。
• 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。
• Not only the way he gambles.
  他呀，不但赌钱嚣张。
• He gambles most of his income on the horses.
  他把大部分收入都赌在赛马上了。