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
gamble的第三人称单数和复数

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

• 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。
• Led by Disney, they are cutting back on the number of movies they produce, making the gambles they do take all the more risky.
  在迪斯尼的领导下，他们减少了电影制作量，赌注的风险就更大了。
• And if there was ever a moment in the calendar when it seems foolish to embark on market gambles, August is surely that point.
  如果一年之中有那么一个时间点进入市场赌博会显得很愚蠢，那肯定就是8月。
• 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。
• When building a Chinese road map there are many gambles and unknowns.
  当我们制定中国战略的时候，冒险和未知的成分太多了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Eventually he gambles away all his money and has to borrow a quarter from another gambler just to use the men's room.
  最后他把所有的钱都输光了，以至于他想上洗手间时不得不从另1个赌徒那里借了个硬币。
• 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。