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stake RISKsteIkn [C]the amount of money which you risk on the result of something such as a game or competition赌注He loved gambling and each time he lost he would double his stakes.他喜欢赌博，每次他输了他都会将赌注加倍。She spent two weeks in Las Vegas playing high-stakes blackjack at the casinos.她在拉斯维加斯的赌场内玩了两星期的高赌注的21点。In an activity or competition, the stakes are the reward for the person who wins or succeeds in it.奖金，奖品The team is playing for enormous stakes--the chance to play in the final.这支球队正为大奖----他们参加决赛的机会而战。If you raise/up the stakes in an activity or competition, you increase the prize or reward for which you are competing增加赌注As soon as I looked at my cards, I thought I'd better up the stakes.我一看自己的牌就想我最好增加赌注。(fig.) The UN deadline for the withdrawal of troops has raised the stakes (= made the situation more urgent) in the conflict.联合国规定的撤军最后期限使冲突中的形势更紧急。(fig.) They are trying to raise the stakes (= make people take notice of the situation) by refusing to let the boat dock until they are given money and aid.他们想通过拒绝让船靠码头来使事态扩大，直到他们得到钱和援助。If something that is valuable is at stake, it is in a situation where it might be lost.在危急关头，在危险中Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon.如果紧急援助不马上运到这城市的话，成千上万的生命将处于危险之中。This race was her last chance to win a place on the national team so everything was at stake.这次比赛是她能在国家队中赢得一席的最后机会，因此一切都处在紧要关头。The real issue at stake (= to be discussed) is not how much the painting should be sold for but whether it should be sold at all.真正紧要的问题不是这画该卖多少钱而是它到底该不该被出售。The Stakes is/are a horse race in which the prize money is provided by all the owners of the horses which are competing in the race.（奖金由参赛马主提供的）马赛The horse will be running in the International Stakes at York.这马将在于约克举行的国际马赛中出赛。The stakes -winning horse will be retiring from racing at the end of this season.这匹赢得了比赛的马将在这赛季结束时退休。The stakes also refers to a competitive activity when you consider how well or badly a person does in it.争夺The prime minister is not very high in the popularity stakes (= he is not very popular) at the moment.首相现在的人望并不很高。Her years spent as an editor in the firm give her a definite advantage in the management stakes.她作为公司编辑的经历在管理竞争中给她带来了明显的优势。
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