1 PHRASE 处于危险境地;处于成败关头 If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful. 处于危险境地;处于成败关头
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The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake.
对于一场成败攸关的比赛来说气氛自然非常紧张。
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At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks.
世界贸易谈判正处于成败的重要关头。
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At stake are more than 20,000 jobs in Britain's aerospace sector.
英国航天部门 2 万多人面临失业的危险。
SYN to lose, at risk, being risked
2 N-PLURAL (比赛或行动的)赌注,风险 The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost. (比赛或行动的)赌注,风险
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The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups.
游戏通常在两大集团之间进行,下的赌注一般都很大。
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By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes.
逮捕了该组织的两名主要头目后,政府和军队现在面临的风险更大了。
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For Mr Blair the political stakes could hardly have been higher.
对布莱尔来说,这已经是最高的政治赌注了。
SYN bet, ante, wager, chance
3 VERB 将…押(在…);以…打赌;拿…冒险 If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it. 将…押(在…);以…打赌;拿…冒险
SYN bet, gamble, wager, chance
4 N-COUNT 利害关系;重大利益;(企业等中的)股本,股份 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. 利害关系;重大利益;(企业等中的)股本,股份
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He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts. [+ in]
他渴望回到一个更多参与创业的角色,那样他所付出的努力会与自己的经济利益息息相关。
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Detectives now believe the Mafia also had a stake in the plot and killed him when it went wrong.
侦探们现在相信黑手党在这个阴谋中也有利害关系,并在事败后杀了他。
5 N-PLURAL 比赛;竞赛 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 . 比赛;竞赛
SYN contest, race, challenge, battle
6 N-COUNT 桩 A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree. 桩
7 PHRASE 提出权利要求;主张权利 If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it. 提出权利要求;主张权利
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Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress.
简决心主张自己作为一名女演员的权利。
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Baguet's success staked his claim for a place in Belgium's world championship team.
巴古埃特的成功使他有资格成为比利时世界锦标赛参赛队伍中的一员。
Word Partnership | Use stake with: |
N. | interests at stake, issues at stake 1 stake lives on something 3 stake in a company/firm, majority/minority stake 4 |
ADJ. | controlling stake, personal stake 4 |
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