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

• 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。
• 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。
• Yet even well-judged gambles often fail.
  不过，即便判断英明的赌博也往往会失败。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。