英语词汇“high-stakes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

high-stakes adj. designating a gambling game in which the stakes are high (cf. sense A. 15e); (hence in extended use of any situation or activity) high-risk, dangerous; having the potential for very significant gains or losses.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [adjective] > played for high stakes

high1640

silver1748

no-limit1915

high-stakes1922

1922 O. R. Cohen in Sat. Evening Post 18 Mar. 13/1 Mr. Sneed passed on, en route to a high-stakes poker party.

1979 J. Anderson & J. Boyd Confessions of Muckraker ix. 233 During the months before a high-stakes trial, he was continually leaving Washington late at night..to seek out the witness or the document that would turn another tide.

1992 Raising Standards for Amer. Educ. (Nat. Council Educ. Standards & Testing) 5 The assessments eventually could be used for such high-stakes purposes for students as high school graduation..and certification for employment.

2013 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Dec. 13 Labour will signal its hardening opposition to the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’—high-speed, high-stakes gambling machines—by forcing a vote in the Commons today.

单词	high-stakes
释义	> as lemmas high-stakes high-stakes adj. designating a gambling game in which the stakes are high (cf. sense A. 15e); (hence in extended use of any situation or activity) high-risk, dangerous; having the potential for very significant gains or losses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [adjective] > played for high stakes high1640 silver1748 no-limit1915 high-stakes1922 1922 O. R. Cohen in Sat. Evening Post 18 Mar. 13/1 Mr. Sneed passed on, en route to a high-stakes poker party. 1979 J. Anderson & J. Boyd Confessions of Muckraker ix. 233 During the months before a high-stakes trial, he was continually leaving Washington late at night..to seek out the witness or the document that would turn another tide. 1992 Raising Standards for Amer. Educ. (Nat. Council Educ. Standards & Testing) 5 The assessments eventually could be used for such high-stakes purposes for students as high school graduation..and certification for employment. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Dec. 13 Labour will signal its hardening opposition to the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’—high-speed, high-stakes gambling machines—by forcing a vote in the Commons today. extracted from highadj.n.² < as lemmas
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