音标:['gæmbl] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 赌博, 冒险
v. 赌博, 孤注一掷
n. money that is risked for possible monetary gain
n. a risky act or venture
v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
v. play games for money
词型变化:过去式 : gambled ; 现在分词 : gambling ; 名词复数形式 : gambles ; 过去分词 : gambled ; 第三人称单数 : gambles
考试类型:[六级/考研/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
动词57%
名词43%

gamble的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  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。
用作名词(n.)
  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。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. He gambles when he is in cash.他有钱时就赌博。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. When he had gambled his money, he was put to shifts to live.他输光了钱就凑合着过日子。
  2. He gambled his savings to start a small store.他孤注一掷地用自己的积蓄开了一家小店。
  3. The Federal government gambled hundreds of thousands of dollars in research funds to work on the project.联邦政府为了这项研究计划冒险动用了好几十万美元的资金。
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  5. Their house and land were all gambled and lost by her husband that morning.他们的房子、土地就在那一天上午被她丈夫全输光了。
S+~+that-clause
  1. I gambled that they wouldn't shoot.我大胆假定他们不会开枪。
用作名词(n.)
  1. Setting up this business was a bit of a gamble.开办这样的公司有点冒险。
  2. The operation may succeed, and it may not; it's a bit of a gamble.这次手术没把握,可能成功,也可能失败。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
gamble away (v.+adv.)
    赌博输掉钱 lose money by playing cards or other games for moneygamble away

    The men have been gambling away all night.

    那些人赌了整整一夜。

    gamble sth ⇔ away

    The foolish man gambled away all his money.

    这个愚蠢的人把他所有的钱都赌输了。

    His father left him a fortune, but he gambled it away.

    他父亲留给他一大笔财产,都给他输掉了。

    It is too easy to gamble away a fortune.

    赌光一份家产十分容易。

gamble on (v.+prep.)
    在…上冒风险或碰运气 take a chance on; be sure of sth, or sb doing sthgamble on sth

    He gambled heavily on the horses.

    他在赛马赌博中下大赌注。

    He gambled on the manager's support.

    他用得到经理的支持打赌。

    Are you going to gamble on the result of the boxing match?

    你要赌这场拳击赛的胜负吗?

    They gambled on the result of a race.

    他们为比赛的结果打赌。

    gamble sth on sth

    He gambled all his winning on the last race.

    他把所有赢得的钱都押在最后一场比赛上。

    gamble on sth

    He may accept the invitation, but I wouldn't gamble on it.

    他可能会接受邀请,但我不能保险。

    It's not safe to gamble on the train arriving late.

    指望这次列车晚点,是很不保准的。

    You can't gamble on the weather in England.

    英国的天气是靠不住的。

    I prepared to gamble on the possibility of finding empty seats at the theatre.

    剧院中可能会找到空位,我准备去碰碰运气。

    gamble on v-ing

    Don't gamble on getting the job.

    不要太指望找上这工作了。

    He can not gamble on offending his boss.

    他不敢贸然去得罪老板。

gamble with (v.+prep.)
    以…冒险 risk with sthgamble with sth

    Drive carefully and don't gamble with your life.

    小心驾驶,别拿你的生命冒险。

    Don't gamble with your future.

    不要拿你的前途做赌注。

用作名词(n.)
take a gamble (on)
    赌博; 冒险而为play games of chance, etc. for money; act in the hope of sth being successful, true, etc. despite the risk of loss

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • gamble everything什么都赌
~+副词
  • gamble professionally专业赌博
  • gamble away赌输掉
  • gamble away £8000赌博输掉8000英镑
~+介词
  • 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
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • take a gamble赌博,冒险
形容词+~
  • big gamble冒很大风险
  • military gamble军事冒险
介词+~
  • on a gamble碰运气

经典引文

  • The real point is the chance, the uncertainty, the gamble.

    出自:G. Saintsbury
  • When they played cards, they always gambled.

    出自:D. H. Lawrence
  • The British government had..decided to gamble that Japan would remain neutral.

    出自:A. J. P. Taylor
  • He gambled on the horses.

    出自:F. Raphael
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