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VERB
押(赌注);打赌 If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
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Just because people wagered on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them...
人们将赌注下在扬基队上并不说明就喜欢他们。
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Golfers had wagered a good deal of money on Nick Faldo winning the championship.
高尔夫球手投下重注赌尼克·法尔多夺冠。
- Wager is also a noun.
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There have been various wagers on certain candidates since the Bishop announced his retirement.
自从大主教宣布退职后，人们纷纷打赌猜测几位继任人选。
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2.
VERB
(表示很确定)打赌，保证 If you say that you will wager that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.
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She was willing to wager that he didn't own the apartment he lived in...
她愿意打赌他居住的公寓并不属于他。
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I'll wager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70.
我敢打赌，她就算到了70岁，影响力也会不减当年。
- Noun
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1. the act of gambling;
- "he did it on a bet"
- synonym： bet
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2. the money risked on a gamble
- Verb
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1. stake on the outcome of an issue;
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2. maintain with or as if with a bet;
- "I bet she will be there!"
- synonym： bet
- 1. A wager is a fool's argument.
- 傻瓜一争论就打赌。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. I am ready to wager a package of cigarettes that he will come.
- 我敢打赌一盒香烟，他一定来。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. I wager that it shall be so.
- 我保证（它）会这样。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
