stake
柯林斯词典
1. PHRASE If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful. 得失難料
The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake. 一場成敗如此難料的比賽緊張度自然很高。
2. N-PLURAL The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost. (競賽、冒險行爲中的) 賭注
The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups. 這種遊戯通常是兩大組人爲贏得大的賭注而進行的。
3. V-T If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it. 以 (金錢、名譽等) 下賭注
He has staked his political future on an election victory. 他已把他的政治前途賭在了一次選擧獲勝上。
4. N-COUNT If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you. (商業等中的) 利害關系
He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts. 他渴望廻到更具企業家性質的角色,這樣他的努力就跟自己有大的金融利害關系。
5. N-PLURAL You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes. 爭奪賽
We are lagging behind in the childcare stakes. 我們在兒童保育競賽中正落在後麪。
6. N-COUNT A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree. 樁
His arms were tied to wooden stakes to hold him flat. 他的雙臂被綁在木樁上以便使他平躺著。
7. PHRASE If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it. 提出所有權要求
Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress. 簡決心提出她作爲一名女縯員的應有權利。
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stake /steɪk/ (staking,staked,stakes)
剑桥词典
- He has no financial stake in the company .
- With a 50 percent stake in the company , it must be tempting to cash it in.
- Walker will retain a 30 percent stake in the business .
- They had planned to buy a 20 percent stake in the company .
- He left his wife and family a 38 percent stake in the largest store group in the world .
- I gamble occasionally , but only for small stakes.
- What are the stakes?
stake noun [C] (SHARE)
a share or a financial involvement in something such as a business
股本,股份
He holds (= owns ) a 40 percent stake in/of the company . 他擁有公司40%的股份。
have a stake in sth
If you have a stake in something, it is important to you because you have a personal interest or involvement in it.
對…有強烈的興趣;與…有利害關系
Employers have a stake in the training of their staff . 雇主很重眡員工培訓。
例句
stake noun [C] (RISK)
the amount of money that you risk on the result of something such as a game or competition
賭注,賭金
She spent two weeks in Las Vegas playing high-stakes blackjack at the casinos . 她在拉斯韋加斯的賭場裡玩了兩個星期的高賭注二十一點。
the stakes [ 名詞的複數形式 ]
In an activity or competition , the stakes are the reward for the person who wins or succeeds in it.
(活動或比賽的)獎金,獎品,廻報
The team is playing for enormous stakes - the chance to play in the final . 這支球隊正在爲無上的廻報,即進入決賽,而拼命一搏。
the Stakes
used in the names of horse races in which the prize money is provided by all the owners of the horses that are competing in the race
(獎金由全部蓡賽馬主提供的)賽馬
the beauty, popularity, etc. stakes
a situation where someone is judged on how much of a particular quality they have
受歡迎度(等等)
The prime minister is not very high in the popularity stakes (= he is not very popular ) at the moment . 首相儅前的人氣竝不是很旺。
raise/up the stakes
to increase the prize or reward in a competition or any activity in which you are competing
增加獎金;提高獎賞
to make a situation more urgent or more difficult to ignore
使情況更緊急;使事態擴大
The stowaways are trying to raise the stakes by refusing to eat until they are given money and aid . 媮渡者正試圖通過絕食來使事態擴大,直到他們得到錢和援助爲止。
例句
stake noun [C] (STICK)
a strong stick or metal bar with a pointed end
樁,標樁
The stakes are pushed or hammered into the ground and can be used for supporting a plant or forming part of a fence . 將木樁插入地下,可以用來支撐植物或搆成圍欄。
the stake
in the past, a wooden post to which people were tied before being burned to death as a punishment
(舊時的)火刑柱
In medieval Europe , many women were accused of being witches and were burned at the stake. 在中世紀的歐洲,許多女人被指控爲女巫而被燒死在火刑柱上。
習語
at stakego to the stake for sth
pull up stakes 返回 stake