gamble

/gam-buhl/US // ˈgæm bəl //UK // (ˈɡæmbəl) //

赌钱,赌一把,赌博,博弈

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
gam·bled, gam·bling.
- : to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- : 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.有主动词 verb

1
gam·bled, gam·bling.
- : to lose or squander by betting: He gambled all his hard-earned money away in one night.
- : to wager or risk: to gamble one's freedom.
- : to take a chance on; venture; risk: I'm gambling that our new store will be a success.

n.名词 noun

nounchance, speculation

Forms: gambled, gambling

Synonyms

Buying into the first generation of a folding product is a gamble—especially when it’s meant to replace your main work device.
Her HBO show, I May Destroy You, has been a massive hit and has paid off her gamble from 2017, when she rejected a $1 million Netflix offer to buy the show rights because the streaming giant wouldn’t give her copyright royalties.
Venture capital is by its nature a gamble—it’s right there in the name—and every gamble comes with the risk of heavy losses.
Pouring money into plastics is a desperate gamble for Big Oil.
That being said, it’s a gamble that in the long run pays a positive net return.
Allowing the protests to go on with little interference was always a high-stakes gamble.
Since Nestdrop continues to do so as of this writing, they wager a tense gamble that the odds will be in their favor.
But the decision now to sever economic ties with the eastern regions was a surprise—and a gamble.
As a result, the $1 million the DSCC is throwing in represents “an inexpensive gamble,” the source said.
The pageant came back to Atlantic City and, appropriately, took a big gamble.
If we find him there as Rutter said, you can gamble that trouble has camped in our dooryard for a lengthy stay.

/gam-buhl/US // ˈgæm bəl //UK // (ˈɡæmbəl) //

赌钱,赌一把,赌博,博弈

v.无主动词 verb

1
gam·bled, gam·bling.
- : to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- : 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.有主动词 verb

1
gam·bled, gam·bling.
- : to lose or squander by betting: He gambled all his hard-earned money away in one night.
- : to wager or risk: to gamble one's freedom.
- : to take a chance on; venture; risk: I'm gambling that our new store will be a success.

n.名词 noun

nounchance, speculation

Forms: gambled, gambling

Synonyms

Buying into the first generation of a folding product is a gamble—especially when it’s meant to replace your main work device.
Her HBO show, I May Destroy You, has been a massive hit and has paid off her gamble from 2017, when she rejected a $1 million Netflix offer to buy the show rights because the streaming giant wouldn’t give her copyright royalties.
Venture capital is by its nature a gamble—it’s right there in the name—and every gamble comes with the risk of heavy losses.
Pouring money into plastics is a desperate gamble for Big Oil.
That being said, it’s a gamble that in the long run pays a positive net return.
Allowing the protests to go on with little interference was always a high-stakes gamble.
Since Nestdrop continues to do so as of this writing, they wager a tense gamble that the odds will be in their favor.
But the decision now to sever economic ties with the eastern regions was a surprise—and a gamble.
As a result, the $1 million the DSCC is throwing in represents “an inexpensive gamble,” the source said.
The pageant came back to Atlantic City and, appropriately, took a big gamble.
If we find him there as Rutter said, you can gamble that trouble has camped in our dooryard for a lengthy stay.