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pool COLLECTIONpU:ln [C]an amount of money or a number of people or things collected together for shared use by several people or organizations共用物,共用款,共用人员All the local groups put their surplus income in a pool which is kept for emergency use only.所有的当地团体把余下的收入都放在一起以备急用。Patrick got into terrible trouble at work when he crashed a Ford that he'd borrowed from the car pool.帕特里克工作中惹大麻烦了,他把从汽车集用场借来的福特车撞坏了。As unemployment rises, the pool of cheap labour increases.随着失业的上升,廉价劳力的数量也在上升。In some card games, the pool is an amount of money which is collected from all the players and received by the player who wins the game.赌注,赌金(Am) A pool is also the money risked by a number of people on the result of a game or event.赌注,赌金 (赌比赛或事件)a baseball/football/hockey pool棒球/足球/曲棍球赌注the office pool办公室集合赌注/ Who won the pool? 谁赢得了赌金?
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