gamble 的 3 个定义
gam·bled, gam·bling.
- to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
 - to stake or risk money, or anything of value, on the outcome of something involving chance: to gamble on a toss of the dice.
 
gam·bled, gam·bling.
- to lose or squander by betting: He gambled all his hard-earned money away in one night.
 - to wager or risk: to gamble one's freedom.
 - to take a chance on; venture; risk: I'm gambling that our new store will be a success.
 
- any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
 - a venture in a game of chance for stakes, especially for high stakes.
 
gamble 近义词
chance, speculation
take a chance on winning
gamble 的近义词 38 个
- bet
 - speculate
 - wager
 - back
 - brave
 - challenge
 - dare
 - defy
 - endanger
 - face
 - game
 - hazard
 - imperil
 - jeopardize
 - lot
 - play
 - plunge
 - put
 - risk
 - set
 - stake
 - venture
 - buck the odds
 - cast lots
 - cut the cards
 - flip the coin
 - go for broke
 - lay money on
 - make a bet
 - put faith in
 - put trust in
 - shoot the moon
 - shoot the works
 - stick one's neck out
 - take a flyer
 - tempt fortune
 - trust to luck
 - try one's luck
 
gamble 的反义词 15 个
更多gamble例句
- Buying into the first generation of a folding product is a gamble—especially when it’s meant to replace your main work device.
 - Her HBO show, I May Destroy You, has been a massive hit and has paid off her gamble from 2017, when she rejected a $1 million Netflix offer to buy the show rights because the streaming giant wouldn’t give her copyright royalties.
 - Venture capital is by its nature a gamble—it’s right there in the name—and every gamble comes with the risk of heavy losses.
 - Pouring money into plastics is a desperate gamble for Big Oil.
 - That being said, it’s a gamble that in the long run pays a positive net return.
 - Allowing the protests to go on with little interference was always a high-stakes gamble.
 - Since Nestdrop continues to do so as of this writing, they wager a tense gamble that the odds will be in their favor.
 - But the decision now to sever economic ties with the eastern regions was a surprise—and a gamble.
 - As a result, the $1 million the DSCC is throwing in represents “an inexpensive gamble,” the source said.
 - The pageant came back to Atlantic City and, appropriately, took a big gamble.
 - If we find him there as Rutter said, you can gamble that trouble has camped in our dooryard for a lengthy stay.
 - He was never so happy as when taking chances; his whole life was a gamble, with Providence holding the bank.
 - They often dine together: the ladies love music and dancing, and some of the men gamble as much as the Portuguese.
 - The Texan went off to rub down his horse, mend his accoutrements, squat around the cooking fires, and gamble with the drivers.
 - Old Strang died insolvent; he used to gamble, had ruined himself without saying a word.