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单词 gamble
释义

gamble

音标['g?mbl]

汉语翻译

n. * , 冒险
vt. * , 孤注一掷
vi. * , 孤注一掷
【法】 * , 打赌, 投机
相关词组:
gamble sth away

词型变化:

名词:gambler 动词过去式:gambled 过去分词:gambled 现在分词:gambling 第三人称单数:gambles 

词意辨析:

bet, gamble
这两个动词均含有“打赌, * ”之意。
bet: 指竞赛中的打赌,也指双方对有疑惑之事争执不下的打赌。在口语中,bet作“确信,敢说”解。
gamble: 多指投机,为获得某物或牟利而冒大险,含孤注一掷意味。

英语解释:

名词 gamble:

  1. money that is risked for possible monetary gain
  2. a risky act or venture

动词 gamble:

  1. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
    同义词:chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
  2. play games for money

例句:

  1. The gamble paid off.
    赌赢了。
  2. He spends all his time gambling in the casino.
    他把时间都消磨在 * 的 * 上。
  3. The company took a gamble by cutting the price of their products.
    公司冒险将产品削价出售。
  4. He gambled all his winnings on the last race.
    他把赢得的钱全都压在最后一场赛马上了。

详细解释:


gam.ble

v.(动词)
gam.bled,gam.bling,gam.bles
v.intr.(不及物动词)


To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
* :在某一不确定的结果上下赌注,象在比赛上
Games To play a game of chance for stakes.
【游戏】 * 游戏:为了赢得赌注而玩的游戏
To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
投机,冒险:为获得好处或利益而冒险
To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior:
孤注一掷:参与卤莽的、冒险的行为:
例句:
You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.
你继续抽烟是把自己的健康当赌注

v.tr.(及物动词)
Games To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.
【游戏】 下赌注,打赌:将赌注置于 * 中;赌注
To expose to hazard; risk:
使冒险;冒风险:
例句:
gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.
在一次危险的营救任务中冒着生命危险

n.(名词)
Games A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
【游戏】 * 、打赌或其它投机的冒险
An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk:
冒险:冒险从事不确定结果的行为;冒险:
例句:
I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.
我冒着股票可能上涨的风险


来源:
Perhaps from obsolete gamel [to play games]
可能源自 废语 gamel [做游戏]
from Middle English gamen, gamenen [to play]
源自 中古英语 gamen, gamenen [玩,游戏]
from Old English gamenian
源自 古英语 gamenian
from gamen [fun]
源自 gamen [玩笑,乐趣]

【引伸】
gam.bler
n.(名词)

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