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。
• In the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, the management did not just take reckless gambles with other people's money.
  在雷曼和贝尔斯登倒台中我们可以看到，那些管理层就像拿着别人钱的鲁莽赌徒一样。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet even well-judged gambles often fail.
  不过，即便判断英明的赌博也往往会失败。
• Her story recalls the vision and manoeuvrings, strategy and gambles, diplomacy and dangers, courage and pettiness of those dramatic days. And it is a tale of immense personalities.
  在这部作品中，她回顾了那个戏剧性时代中的眼界与手腕、策略与赌博、外交与危险、勇气与小气。这是一个讲述巨大人格魅力的故事。
• As gambles go, it's probably a decent one.
  随着博弈的继续进行，这次或许能取得不错的结果。
• When building a Chinese road map there are many gambles and unknowns.
  当我们制定中国战略的时候，冒险和未知的成分太多了。
• In one experiment, the truckers were asked to choose between gambles and certain payoffs.
  在一场实验中，卡车司机们必须在赌博和确定的报酬中做出选择。
• 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。