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stake objsteIkv [T]下注，以…打赌At the roulette table, he staked $10, 000 on number 21.在轮盘赌中，他在21号上下了10 000美元的注。The company was taking a huge gamble by staking (= risking) its future on expensive new technology.这公司把它的未来押在了昂贵的新技术上，等于是一场大赌博。She'll be head of this company in five year's time--I'd stake (= risk) my reputation on it.她会在5年后成为这公司头儿----我以我的名誉打赌。(Am) If you stake someone to something, you provide them with it or with what they need to obtain it.资助The governor has promised to stake the city's homeless to what they need for a fresh start.政府答应向这城市的无家可归者资助他们开始新生活所需的东西。George Bush's father staked him to a start in the oil business by providing him with several oil wells.乔治·布什的父亲给了他几口油井来资助他在石油界的起步。
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