gambles

1. vt. & vi. 赌博; 冒风险 play games of change for money; take great risks for the chance of winning sth

1. [C]赌博,打赌; 投机,冒险 act of gambling; undertaking with a risk of loss and a chance of profit

• gamble everything什么都赌

• gamble professionally专业赌博
• gamble away赌输掉
• gamble away ￡8000赌博输掉8000英镑

• gamble at cards赌纸牌
• gamble in oil shares做石油股票投机
• gamble on在…上进行赌博〔打赌〕
• gamble on horse races买跑马票赌博
• gamble on the result of the contest对比赛结果打赌
• gamble on the stock exchange进行股票投机
• gamble oneself out of home赌得倾家荡产
• gamble with one's future用自己的前途冒险

• take a gamble赌博,冒险

• big gamble冒很大风险
• military gamble军事冒险

• on a gamble碰运气

gamble on对…打赌

gamble away赌光

1. He spends all his time gambling in the casino.
   他把时间都消磨在赌场的赌博上。
2. He gambled all his winnings on the last race.
   他把赢得的钱全都压在最后一场赛马上了。
3. I wouldn't gamble on the weather being fine.
   我可不指望天气能一直好下去。
4. Drive carefully and don't gamble with your life.
   小心驾驶,别拿你的生命冒险。
5. You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.
   你继续抽烟是把自己的健康当赌注。

1. The gamble paid off.
   赌赢了。
2. I bet that he has lost all his money in the gamble.
   我肯定他在赌博中输掉了所有的钱。
3. The company took a gamble by cutting the price of their products.
   公司冒险将产品削价出售。
4. Setting up this business is a bit of a gamble .
   开办这样的公司有点冒险。