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gamble

/gam-buhl/US // ˈgæm bəl //UK // (ˈɡæmbəl) //

赌钱,赌一把,赌博,博弈

Related Words

wager赌注,下注,押注,打赌venture创业,冒险,风险,风险投资bet下注,赌,投注,下赌注long shot长镜头,长枪短炮,远射,长枪大炮speculate猜测,揣测,猜猜看,揣测一下raffle抽奖活动,抽奖,抽獎,彩票lottery彩票,抽奖,开奖,抽奖活动risk风险,危险,危险性,风险提示fling抛出,抛掷,掼蛋,撺掇uncertainty不确定性,不确定,不确定因素,不明朗leap跃进,跃迁,飞跃,跃升stab捅一捅,戳,捅捅,捅破action行动,采取行动,行动指南,行动上spec规格,投机,投标,规格的play播放,游戏,玩,玩耍jeopardize危害,损害,危及,危害了brave勇敢的,勇敢的人,勇敢地,勇敢challenge挑战,挑战赛,挑战性,难题stake利害关系,赌注,利害关系人,桩子back背面,背部,背,背后

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
    • : a venture in a game of chance for stakes, especially for high stakes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounchance, speculation
Forms: gambled, gambling
Synonyms
bet下注,赌,投注,下赌注long shot长镜头,长枪短炮,远射,长枪大炮venture创业,冒险,风险,风险投资wager赌注,下注,押注,打赌action行动,采取行动,行动指南,行动上fling抛出,抛掷,掼蛋,撺掇leap跃进,跃迁,飞跃,跃升lottery彩票,抽奖,开奖,抽奖活动raffle抽奖活动,抽奖,抽獎,彩票risk风险,危险,危险性,风险提示spec规格,投机,投标,规格的stab捅一捅,戳,捅捅,捅破uncertainty不确定性,不确定,不确定因素,不明朗outside chance外部机会,外部的机会,外来机会,外来的机会shot in the dark黑暗中的射击,黑暗中的枪声,黑暗中射击,暗中射击throw of the dice掷骰子,骰子游戏,掷骰子游戏,骰子toss up抛砖引玉,抛出,投掷,扔掉
verbtake a chance on winning
Forms: gambled, gambling
Synonyms
bet下注,赌,投注,下赌注speculate猜测,揣测,猜猜看,揣测一下wager赌注,下注,押注,打赌back背面,背部,背,背后brave勇敢的,勇敢的人,勇敢地,勇敢challenge挑战,挑战赛,挑战性,难题dare敢于,大胆,敢,敢于担当defy违抗,无视,蔑视,藐视endanger危及,濒危,危害,濒临face脸,脸部,脸面,脸色game游戏,游戏中,游戏中的hazard危害,危害性,风险,危险imperil危害,危害性,威胁,危急关头jeopardize危害,损害,危及,危害了lot很多,地段,大量,批量play播放,游戏,玩,玩耍plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下put把,将risk风险,危险,危险性,风险提示set设置,一组,一套,集stake利害关系,赌注,利害关系人,桩子venture创业,冒险,风险,风险投资buck the odds逆势而行,逆势而上,逆势而为,逆势而动cast lots抽签,抓阄,阄,阄儿cut the cards切牌,割牌,切断卡片,切换牌flip the coin投掷硬币,抛硬币,掷硬币,抛硬币吧go for broke孤注一掷,豁出去了,穷追猛打,孤注一掷吧lay money on奠基,押注,赌注,赌钱make a bet打赌,打赌吧,打赌一下,下注put faith in信任,信赖,倚赖,相信put trust in信任,寄托于,信赖,倚赖shoot the moon射月,拍月亮,拍月,拍月球shoot the works拍摄作品,拍摄的作品,拍摄工程,拍摄工作stick one's neck out奋不顾身,铤而走险,挺身而出,伸手不打笑脸人take a flyer拿着传单,拿到传单,拿出传单,拿出传单来tempt fortune诱骗财富,诱财,劝财,诱骗运气trust to luck相信运气,凭运气,信赖运气,信任运气try one's luck撞大运,碰运气,试试运气,撞运气

Examples

  • 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.

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