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

gam·ble

(gămbəl)

v. gam·bled, gam·bling, gam·bles

v.intr.

a. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a game or sporting event.

b. To play a game for stakes, especially a game whose outcome is at least partly determined by chance.

2. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.

3. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.

v.tr.

1. To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.

2. To expose to hazard; risk: gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.

1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.

2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.

[Perhaps from obsolete gamel, to play games, from Middle English gamen, gamenen, to play, from Old English gamenian, from gamen, fun.]

gambler n.

单词	gamble
释义	gam·ble (gămbəl) v. gam·bled, gam·bling, gam·bles v.intr. 1. a. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a game or sporting event. b. To play a game for stakes, especially a game whose outcome is at least partly determined by chance. 2. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit. 3. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke. v.tr. 1. To put up as a stake in gambling; wager. 2. To expose to hazard; risk: gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission. n. 1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture. 2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise. [Perhaps from obsolete gamel, to play games, from Middle English gamen, gamenen, to play, from Old English gamenian, from gamen, fun.] gambler n.
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