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

单词	gamble
释义	gam·ble I. \ˈgambəl\ Midland variant of gambrel 2 II. \ˈgambəl, ˈgaam-\ verb (gambled ; gambled ; gambling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; gambles) Etymology: probably back-formation from gambler *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to play a game of chance for money or other stakes b. : to wager money or other stakes on an uncertain outcome (as of a horse race or an athletic game) 2. : to stake something of value on an uncertain event or contingency : take a chance : speculate especially recklessly < gambled on beating the Americans in air transport with jet airliners — Howard Marshall > < we cannot gamble on offending anyone — Reporter > < gamble in the stock market > *transitive verb* 1. : to risk or lose by gambling : wager, bet < they've all been gambled and lost by her husband that morning — Henri Michaux > — often used with away < gambled away his inheritance > 2. : to expose (something of value) to risk or hazard on the hope of advantage or gain < decided to gamble my ship and our lives by going left — H.A.Chippendale > < gambled hundreds of thousands of dollars in research funds to work on the project — Phoenix Flame > III. noun (-s) 1. : an act of playing a game of chance for money or other stakes < the bishop … has not the slightest objection to a gentlemanly gamble — Norman Douglas > 2. a. : an act or transaction having an element of risk or uncertainty : chance, risk < a joint tenancy involves a gamble as to who dies first — Deerfield (Wisc.) Independent > < spent two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history — H.S.Truman > < companies … were unwilling to take the gamble and declined to go along — Freeman Lincoln > b. : something that is the object of a gamble < every crop was a gamble — F.L.Paxson >
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