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gam·ble /ˈɡæmbl/ vi. | vt. | n.
I ❶ vi.
1. 赌博；打赌
gamble at cards 赌纸牌
gamble on the result of a race 对竞赛的结果打赌
2. 投机；冒险；作冒险的假设
gamble in stocks (或 on the stock exchange) 进行股票投机
The conservative peasantry was reluctant to gamble on the new types of high yield rice. 保守的农民不愿冒险种植新品种的高产稻。
gamble with one's life 把自己的生命孤注一掷
gamble on its being fine tomorrow 大胆假定明天天晴
I wouldn't gamble on Jim's footing the bill, if I were you. 假如我是你，我不会期望杰姆付账的。
❷ vt.
1. 赌掉，输光(away)
gamble everything away 把什么都赌掉
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. 以…为赌注；把…孤注一掷；以…打赌；冒险假设
gamble one's fortune on a turn of the cards 以家当作赌注赌纸牌
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。
I'll gamble my life on his honesty. 我敢以生命担保他是诚实的。
I gambled that they wouldn't shoot. 我大胆假定他们不会开枪。
II n.
1. 赌博
2. 投机；冒险；无把握的事
a military gamble 军事冒险
He took a gamble on a legacy of a thousand pounds and used it to start a factory. 他以1000镑的遗产孤注一掷，用它来开一家工厂。
Every crop was a gamble. 过去种植任何庄稼都是一种没把握的事。
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