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单词 gamble
释义 gamble
 —gambler,  n.  
 /gam"beuhl/,  v.  , gambled, gambling,  n.  
  v.i.  
  1. to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
  2. to stake or risk money, or anything of value, on the outcome of something involving chance: to gamble on a toss of the dice.
  v.t.  
  3. to lose or squander by betting (usually fol. by away): He gambled all his hard-earned money away in one night.
  4. to wager or risk (money or something else of value): to gamble one's freedom.
  5. to take a chance on; venture; risk: I'm gambling that our new store will be a success.
  n.  
  6. any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
  7. a venture in a game of chance for stakes, esp. for high stakes.
 [1150-1200; ME gamenen to play (OE gamenian), with substitution of -LE for -en; see GAME1]
 Syn. 6. venture, hazard, speculation, flyer.
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