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单词 gamble
释义
gamble
verb
uk
/ˈɡæm.bəl/us
/ˈɡæm.bəl/
[I]
to do something thatinvolvesrisksthat mightresultinlossofmoneyorfailure,hopingto getmoneyorachievesuccess:
投机；冒险
Anyone who gamblesonthestockexchangehas to bepreparedtolosemoney.任何进行股票投机的人都必须要做好赔钱的准备。
C2[IorT]
toriskmoney, forexamplein agameor on ahorserace:
赌博，打赌
I like to gamble when Iplaycards- it makes it moreinteresting.我玩牌喜欢赌钱——这更有趣些。
He gamblesonthehorses(=horseraces).他赌马。
He gambledawayall ofoursavings.他把我们所有的积蓄都赌了个精光。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking risks
  • adventurer
  • all in
  • be skating on thin iceidiom
  • bet the farm/ranchidiom
  • broke
  • dare
  • expose
  • hazard
  • high wire
  • high-stakes
  • imperil
  • jeopardize
  • lay
  • neck
  • re-expose
  • risk
  • run the risk of doingsomethingidiom
  • sail close to the windidiom
  • skate
  • stickyourneck outidiom
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Gambling & bookmaking

Phrasal verb

gamble onsomething
gamble
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈɡæm.bəl/us
/ˈɡæm.bəl/
C2
ariskthat mightresultinlossofmoneyorfailure:
冒险；赌博；无把握的事情
Herpublishersknewthey weretakinga gamble when theyagreedtopublishsuch anunusualnovel.她的出版商知道，同意出版这样一部标新立异的小说是一种冒险。
It was a gamble using such aninexperienceddirector, but itpaidoff(= wassuccessful).任用这样一位没有经验的导演确实是一种赌博，但结果大获成功。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
  • balefully
  • baneful
  • black spot
  • brinkmanship
  • hang oversomething
  • hazard
  • hazardous
  • hazmat
  • hazmat suit
  • on/under pain of deathidiom
  • or elseidiom
  • parlous
  • peril
  • perilous
  • someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
  • threateningly
  • tombstoning
  • triple threat
  • ultra-hazardous
  • venturesome
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(Definition ofgamblefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

gamble| American Dictionary

gamble
verb
us
/ˈɡæm·bəl/
torisklosingmoneyin thehopeofwinninga lot moremoney,esp. if theresultof afutureeventhappensas youhope:
[I]Somepeoplelike to gambleeventhough theoddsare against them.
[M]He gambled away most of hismoney.
To gamble is also to do something that youthinkisworthdoingalthoughit might notsucceedor you mightlosemoney:
[+ that clause]We’re gambling that enoughpeoplewill show up at theconcerttocoverourexpenses.

gamble

noun[Cusually sing]us
/ˈɡæm·bəl/
Starting up a newbusinessis always a gamble.

gambling

noun[U]us
/ˈɡæm·blɪŋ/
Gambling in theformofstatelotteriesis used toraisemoneyforeducation.
(Definition ofgamblefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

gamble| Business English

gamble
noun[C,usually singular]
uk
/ˈɡæmbl/us
anactionthatinvolvesriskbut that could have a goodresult:
Homebuyers who arewillingtotake a gamblethatinterestrateswillstaylowcan get amortgageat less than 3%.
Thegamblepaidoffand the President'sreputationas astrongleaderwasenhanced.
abig/huge/massivegamble
gamble
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈɡæmbl/us
to do something thatinvolvesriskand couldfailbut that youhopewillsucceedor makemoney:
gamble on sthHe gambled hispoliticalfutureon thesuccessof theproject.
gamble with sthThePresidentwarnedRepublicans not to gamble withMedicare.
Investors gambled that the USinterestraterisewould be the last one thisyear.
Largenumbersare gambling on thehousepriceboom- a gamble they mayregretifpricesfallorinterestratesrise.
toriskmoney, forexamplein agameor on ahorserace:
In the 2000scasinosbegantospread,providingalternativeplacesto gamble.

Phrasal verb

gamble sth away
(Definition ofgamblefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgamble

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The second category of poor were those whose deviant nature was expressed both in appeareance (ruinous and presumptuous clothing) and behaviour (gambling, squandering, fornication).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Subjects were asked to evaluate pairs of gambles of comparable expected value.
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The same considerations apply when the agent is asked for the highest price at which she would buy the gambles.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Cricket-fighting is a sport in which two male crickets are made to engage in a duel, and it often involves gambling.
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Writing an explicit description of the expected utility as a function of gambles is overly complicated and relies on the order of task completions.
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In a sense, all of our research and theoretical commitments are gambles, investments we hope will pay off epistemologically.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A married man, who had risked losing his cohabiting girlfriend if he had not agreed to marriage, commented that 'she seemed worth gambling on'.
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He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling.
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There is some evidence that the attribute that is traded off, or gambled with, becomes salient; that is, people give more importance to this attribute.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Throughout this note, we have assumed that gambling does not directly give rise to utility.
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I think gambling is a type of compulsive behaviour.
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In the context of such gambles, it seems unlikely that subjects would ignore the difference between 14 and eight.
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Of course, when two gambles have the same expected payoff, then an expected payoff maximising agent might use another criterion as a tie breaker.
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Responses to standard gambles: are preferences 'well constructed'?
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Notable among these was gambling, whose flexibility and familiarity accommodated many of the constraints of clandestine prison activities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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