gamble
【冒险、赌博】
"Gamble" 是一个动词和名词,通常与冒险、赌博相关。它可以指以金钱或其他有价值的东西进行不确定结果的冒险,通常带有风险。
作为动词:
- 赌博:指参与以金钱或其他财物为赌注的游戏或活动。
- He likes to gamble at the casino.
(他喜欢在赌场赌博。)
- He likes to gamble at the casino.
- 冒险,投机:指在不确定的情况下采取风险性的行动,希望获得回报。
- Starting a new business can be a gamble, but it also has potential rewards.
(开办新公司可能是一场冒险,但也有潜在的回报。)
- Starting a new business can be a gamble, but it also has potential rewards.
作为名词:
- 赌博:指以金钱或财物作为赌注的活动。
- Gambling can be addictive and harmful to some people.
(赌博可能会上瘾,并对某些人造成伤害。)
- Gambling can be addictive and harmful to some people.
- 冒险行为:指一种充满不确定性和风险的决定或行为。
- It was a gamble to invest so much money in an untested startup.
(把这么多钱投资于一个未经检验的初创公司是一场冒险。)
- It was a gamble to invest so much money in an untested startup.
常见搭配:
- Take a gamble:冒险
- Sometimes, you need to take a gamble to achieve success.
(有时候,为了成功,你需要冒险。)
- Sometimes, you need to take a gamble to achieve success.
- Risk a gamble:冒险做某事
- I don’t want to risk a gamble on something so uncertain.
(我不想冒这么大的风险做不确定的事情。)
- I don’t want to risk a gamble on something so uncertain.
"Gamble" 通常带有负面或警惕的含义,尤其是在形容不理智或高风险的行为时。