| 单词 | ante |
| 释义 | ante (ænti ) Word forms: antes, anted up/raise the ante phrase If you up the ante or raise the ante, you increase your demands when you are in dispute or fighting for something. [journalism] Phrasal verbs: ante up phrasal verb [no cont] If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly. [US, informal] Parents at my children's school were all meant to ante up £30 for a class kitty. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: up the ante or raise the ante to make greater demands or take greater risks in a dispute or contest, and so increase the amount that you will eventually lose or win Whenever they reached their goal, they upped the ante, setting increasingly difficult challenges for themselves. to offer a higher gambling stake or financial investment Its network television division upped the ante by paying an estimated $2 million a year for a deal. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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