gamble
verb
noun
ˈɡæmbəl
verb
1
to
risk
money
or
possessions
on
the
result
of
something
such
as
a
game
or
a
race,
when
you
do
not
know
for
certain
what
the
result
will
be
赌博;
Their
religion
forbids
them
to
drink
or
gamble.
他们的宗教禁止饮酒和赌博。
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Jack
loves
gambling
on
the
horses.
杰克喜欢赌马。
2
to
do
something
that
involves
a
lot
of
risk,
and
that
will
not
succeed
unless
things
happen
the
way
you
would
like
them
to
投机，冒险，碰运气
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They’re
gambling
on
Johnson
being
fit
for
Saturday’s
game.
他们把赌注押在约翰逊身上，指望星期六的比赛他能够出场。
gamble
sth
on
sth
Potter
gambled
everything
on
his
new
play
being
a
hit.
波特孤注一掷，指望他的新戏会轰动。
gamble
that
She
was
gambling
that
he
wouldn’t
read
it
too
carefully.
她抱着侥幸的心理，希望他不会看得太仔细。
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We
can’t
relax
our
safety
standards
–
we’d
be
gambling
with
people’s
lives.
我们不能放松安全标准 — 否则我们就是拿人们的生命来冒险。
Stevens
was
a
compulsive
gambler
.
史蒂文斯是一个嗜赌成癖的赌徒。
3
to
lose
the
whole
of
an
amount
of
money
by
gambling
赌掉，赌光
Nielsen
gambled
his
inheritance
away.
尼尔森把继承的遗产都输光了。
noun
4
an
action
or
plan
that
involves
a
risk
but
that
you
hope
will
succeed
冒险，碰运气
It
was
a
big
gamble
for
her
to
leave
the
band
and
go
solo.
她离开乐队搞独唱是冒了很大风险的。
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on
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The
gamble
on
the
harvest
had
paid
off
(=succeeded)
.
收成这一博我们算是赌赢了。
Ellen
had
to
admit
the
gamble
had
paid
off.
埃伦不得不承认这一把赌赢了。
In
a
depressed
market,
we
cannot
afford
to
take
a
gamble
on
a
new
product.
在市场不景气的情形下，我们不能冒险开发新的产品。