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

• 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。
• It was the steepest and gravest of gambles with the future of his Navy and his country.
  这是拿他的海军和他的祖国的前途在这最凶险、最重大的赌局中孤注一掷。
• Just as other company gambles have succeeded expanding beyond books, opening the marketplace up to third-party sales, the Kindle AWS has paid off.
  就像亚马逊做出的其它赌注一样（比如扩展图书之外的市场、将自营市场发展成第三方销售平台、Kindle平板/阅读器等），亚马逊网络服务也获得了巨大的成功。
• In fact, the reasons people take crazy gambles are far more complex.
  事实上，促使人们做出疯狂冒险行为的原因要复杂得多。
• 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。
• Long-shot gambles that may tempt you, rarely work out.
  高风险的赌博经常吸引你，但却很少成功。
• McNamee and Bono's faith in Elevation has paid off, as its2009 investment in Facebook helped erase memories of its gambles on Palm and Forbes.
  麦克纳米和博诺对高地风投的信心收到了回报，2009年该公司对Facebook的投资极为成功，抹去了先前押宝Palm和福布斯（Forbes）的不愉快回忆。
• Yet even well-judged gambles often fail.
  不过，即便判断英明的赌博也往往会失败。
• Anyone who gambles on the stock exchange has to be prepared to lose money.
  任何股票投机者都必须作好输钱的准备。