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 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。
• 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。
• Not only the way he gambles.
  他呀，不但赌钱嚣张。
• 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。
• George Soros sets aside a proportion of the profits from his financial gambles to fund educational foundations and other good works.
  乔治索罗斯（georgesoros）留出了在金融赌博中获得的一部分利润，用于资助教育基金会和做其它善事。
• If Tesco gambles small and wins, competitors will have time to copy it before it reaches critical mass.
  如果乐购小赌一把赢了，竞争对手在它达到临界质量之前有足够时间进行仿制。
• 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。
• I guess like a lot of Americans, I underestimate my own appetite for novelty and the gambles that come with the new.
  我想我与许多美国人一样，低估了自己对新奇事物的欲望和伴随着新事物而来的风险博弈。
• Anyone who gambles on the stock exchange has to be prepared to lose money.
  任何股票投机者都必须作好输钱的准备。
• If you accepted 100 gambles like this, you are virtually certain to end up with a substantial gain.
  如果你进行100次类似的赌博，实际上你最终肯定会赢得一笔可观的收益。