wager

英 ['weɪdʒə(r)] 美 ['weɪdʒər]

• n. 赌注；打赌
• v. 打赌；押注

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of gambling;

   "he did it on a bet"
   

2. the money risked on a gamble

Verb:

1. stake on the outcome of an issue;

   "I bet $100 on that new horse"
   "She played all her money on the dark horse"
   

2. maintain with or as if with a bet;

   "I bet she will be there!"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Would you care to have a small wager on the game?
   你愿意在这场比赛上下个小赌注吗？
2. I made a wager that our team would win.
   我打赌我们的队会赢。
3. They laid a wager on the result of the race.
   他们就竞赛的结果打赌。

用作动词 (v.)

1. You won't find better goods anywhere else, I'll wager.
   你到哪儿也找不到比这个更好的货物，我敢打赌。
2. I'll wager you that he won't come.
   我敢和你打赌他保证不会来。
3. I wager ten dollars on it.
   我对那件事下赌注十美元。

经典引文

• Old-timers..lay wagers on the exact day and hour it will occur.

  出自： A. Dillard

• I'd wager house and field That..he has it yet.

  出自： Wordsworth

• Stirner wagered Dr. Bernhardt two loaves.., a..stake that might have meant life or death for some inmates.

  出自： J. Hersey

• More that $1 billion is wagered annually at state tracks.

  出自：Atlantic City

词汇搭配

• wager of law 宣誓断讼法
• win a wager 赌赢
• win one's wager 打赌赢了
• lay a wager 打赌
• A wager is a fool's argument. 只有傻瓜才以打赌来解...
• wager on 确保(担保)
• lose a wager 打赌输了

近反义词

【近义词】

• bet 打赌
• gamble 赌博
• stake 桩
• hazard 危险
• play 玩
• flutter 摆动
• ante (纸牌游戏中发牌钱下的)...
• risk 危险
• venture 冒险(事业)
• shot 注射
• stakes 赌注