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单词 at stake
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If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake.
At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks.
At stake are more than 20,000 jobs in Britain's aerospace sector.
Synonyms: to lose, at risk, being risked More Synonyms of at stake
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at stake in British English

at risk
two lives are at stake
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at stake in American English

being risked or hazarded; in danger of being lost, injured, etc.
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Examples of 'at stake' in a sentence
at stake

The fact is there's a lot of money at stake here, a lot more than you probably realize.
Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
Or he could have hired someone, what with millions at stake.
Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2002)
From the way she acted, he knew there was something more serious at stake than just the physical damage from an automobile accident.
J. A. Jance HOUR OF THE HUNTER (2002)
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Definition
at risk
The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake.
Synonyms
to lose
at risk
being risked
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Nearby words of
at stake

  • at rest
  • at sea
  • at someone's behest
  • at stake
  • at the end of your tether
  • at the expense of
  • at the hands of someone

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