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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He thinks the hebolong can win, and gambles five Schillings with me.
  他认为亥伯龙会赢，与我赌五先令。
• 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。
• 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。