英['ɡæmbl]美['ɡæmbl]
记忆方法
词源记忆法
来自 game, 游戏,打赌。
verb(动词)noun(名词)
双解例句
verb(动词)noun(名词)
小知识
When you gamble, you take a risky chance on something. When an entrepreneur invests her own money in her business, she gambles on its success.
If you approach a stray dog, you gamble on its friendliness, and if you turn down a high-paying job to take a more interesting position, you gamble on it eventually paying off. Another way to gamble is to buy a lottery ticket or place a bet on a poker hand: when you gamble like this, you play a game of chance, risking some amount of money. Gamble is from Old English gammlen, “to play, jest, or be merry.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
v.(动词)gamble,bet,wager
这组词都表示“打赌”。它们的区别是1.wager和bet常可互换,只是bet常用于美式英语中,而wager常用于英式英语中,且wager比bet较为正式。2.gamble含有在不利情况下甘冒风险、孤注一掷的意味,而bet和wager却不含有这种意味。bet,gamble这两个动词均含有“打赌,赌博”之意。bet指竞赛中的打赌,也指双方对有疑惑之事争执不下的打赌。在口语中,bet作“确信,敢说”解。gamble多指投机,为获得某物或牟利而冒大险,含孤注一掷意味。
词组短语
gamble on对…打赌;gamble away赌光
词源考究
来自game,游戏,打赌。