一、詳細(xì)釋義：


n.

打賭；賭博；投機(jī)；冒險(xiǎn) [C]


例句：

His gamble could pay off but the spirited Eliza is moreof a handful than the Professor could have predicted.

他的打賭也許會(huì)贏——但是活潑的伊萊扎遠(yuǎn)比教授想象的要難對(duì)付。


例句：

This is a gamble we have to take.

這是我們不得不冒的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。


v.

賭博；賭掉 [I,T]


例句：

Britain is the only country in Europe that allows minors to gamble.

英國(guó)是歐洲唯一一個(gè)允許未成年人賭博的國(guó)家。


例句：

He gambled away all his money.

他把錢全都輸光。


以...為賭注；把...孤注一擲 [T]


例句：

I keep telling my friend it's foolish to gamble all his pay, but it's like water off a duck's back.

我一直告訴我的朋友，不要那么傻，把所有的工資都用在賭博上。可是，我的話對(duì)他全然不起作用。


例句：

The company gambled all on the new product.

公司將全部賭注都押在新產(chǎn)品上。


投機(jī)；冒險(xiǎn) [I,T]


例句：

He gambles on the stock exchange.

他從事股票投機(jī)。


例句：

Some people do not want to have to gamble on what exchange rates will hold in the future.

有些人不愿對(duì)未來(lái)匯率的變動(dòng)進(jìn)行投機(jī)。


二、詞義辨析：


bet,gamble

這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞均含有“打賭，賭博”之意。 bet指競(jìng)賽中的打賭，也指雙方對(duì)有疑惑之事?tīng)?zhēng)執(zhí)不下的打賭。在口語(yǔ)中，bet作“確信，敢說(shuō)”解。 gamble多指投機(jī)，為獲得某物或牟利而冒大險(xiǎn)，含孤注一擲意味。


三、參考例句：


It was a big gamble, but worth a try.

這是一場(chǎng)很嚴(yán)峻的賭局，但值得一試。


Many people visit Las Vegas to gamble their hard-earned money.

許多人去拉斯維加斯用來(lái)之不易的錢進(jìn)行賭博。


Most people visit Las Vegas to gamble their hard-earned money.

多數(shù)人去拉斯維加斯用他們辛苦賺來(lái)的錢賭博。


This is a gamble we have to take.

這是我們不得不冒的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。


Few firms will be willing to gamble on new products.

很少有公司愿意在新產(chǎn)品上冒險(xiǎn)。


You shouldn't gamble with your future.Get yourself fully prepared!

你不應(yīng)該拿你的前途作賭注，孤注一擲。你得做好充分準(zhǔn)備。


The definite turning point in Hitler's?Ardennes?gamble came on the day before Christmas.

希特勒在阿登森林的賭博的決定性轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)是在圣誕節(jié)的前一天發(fā)生的。


Many people visit Las Vegas to gamble their hard earned money.

許多人去拉斯維加斯用來(lái)之不易的錢賭博。


You should never gamble if you can't afford to lose.

如果你輸不起的話，永遠(yuǎn)不要賭博。


But even if the odds of calamity are small, why gamble?

雖然造成災(zāi)難的可能性很小，可是為什么要去冒險(xiǎn)呢？