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

• Yet even well-judged gambles often fail.
  不过，即便判断英明的赌博也往往会失败。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He gambles regularly-pretends to be a judge of form and to win quite a lot.
  他经常去赌赛马装出是个判断参赛马匹竞技状态的高手，会赢很多很多的钱。
• And if there was ever a moment in the calendar when it seems foolish to embark on market gambles, August is surely that point.
  如果一年之中有那么一个时间点进入市场赌博会显得很愚蠢，那肯定就是8月。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you accepted 100 gambles like this, you are virtually certain to end up with a substantial gain.
  如果你进行100次类似的赌博，实际上你最终肯定会赢得一笔可观的收益。