| 单词 | gamble |
| 释义 | gam·ble I. Midland variant of gambrel 2 II. intransitive verb 1. a. b. 2. < 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. < they've all been gambled and lost by her husband that morning — Henri Michaux > — often used with away < gambled away his inheritance > 2. < 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. 1. < the bishop … has not the slightest objection to a gentlemanly gamble — Norman Douglas > 2. a. < 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. < every crop was a gamble — F.L.Paxson > |
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