单词	ante
释义	ante1 nounante2 verb antean‧te1 /ˈænti/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINante1 Origin: 1800-1900 ante- Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And next year, the requests might double, with the whole dreary cycle restarting at an upped ante. Creating an economic asset in the form of a parental dividend would obviously up the ante in these kinds of contentious issues. Sometimes the parents upped the ante. The group mind plays Pong so well that Carpenter decides to up the ante. What they are now doing is compromising, in this half-baked manner, by raising the ante to 70. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► raise · What they are now doing is compromising, in this half-baked manner, by raising the ante to 70. ► up · Logan said, referring to the Colorado Avalanche star whose $ 21-million contract upped the ante for Kariya.· Looking to the future, however, the Forest Service decided to up the ante next time around.· Sometimes the parents upped the ante.· The group mind plays Pong so well that Carpenter decides to up the ante. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► up/raise the ante Sanctions upped the ante considerably in the Middle East crisis. Creating an economic asset in the form of a parental dividend would obviously up the ante in these kinds of contentious issues. Logan said, referring to the Colorado Avalanche star whose $ 21-million contract upped the ante for Kariya. Looking to the future, however, the Forest Service decided to up the ante next time around. Palmer's contribution was to up the ante. Sometimes the parents upped the ante. The group mind plays Pong so well that Carpenter decides to up the ante. The owners are constantly carping about runaway salaries, then fall over themselves to jump the gun and up the ante. What they are now doing is compromising, in this half-baked manner, by raising the ante to 70. up/raise the ante to increase your demands or try to get more things from a situation, even though this involves more risks:  They’ve upped the ante by making a $120 million bid to buy the company. → penny ante ante1 nounante2 verb anteante2 verb (past tense and past participle anted or anteed, present participle anteing) Verb Table VERB TABLE ante Simple Form Present I, you, we, they ante he, she, it antes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they anted, anteed Present perfect I, you, we, they have anted, anteed he, she, it has anted, anteed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had anted, anteed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will ante Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have anted, anteed Continuous Form Present I am anteing he, she, it is anteing you, we, they are anteing Past I, he, she, it was anteing you, we, they were anteing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been anteing he, she, it has been anteing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been anteing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be anteing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been anteing Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS For the first time, women would ante up $ 1, 000 to join a special group in the party. My friends would have to ante up their credit card again for another possible $ 35 charge. ante up (something) phrasal verb to pay an amount of money in order to be able to do or be involved in something:  Small firms that want to expand must ante up large legal fees.
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