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单词 up the ante
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up the ante

idiom
If you up theante, youincreaseyourdemandsor therisksin asituationinordertoachieveabetterresult:
增加赌注；提高要求；提高风险
Thegovernmenthasuppedtheantebyrefusingtonegotiateuntil aceasefirehas beenagreed.政府增加了砝码，在达成停火协议之前拒绝谈判。
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(Definition ofup the antefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

up the ante| American Dictionary

up the ante

idiom(alsoraise the ante)
toincreaseyourrisksordemandsinorderto get agreateradvantage:
Thegovernoruppedthe ante in herwarof words with themayor, bycallinghim "dangerous" for thecity.
(Definition ofup the antefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofup the ante

up the ante
Thus, negotiating governments may be obliged touptheanteby offering additional incentives, perhaps relating to political viability, to the opposition groups.
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They will always "uptheante" on it.
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If it works already, whyuptheanteand raise the nuclear power?
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We do not need touptheanteand have a problematic debate that would make things difficult.
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But because we call most subjects important, it is important, too, touptheantesometimes and call some of them crucial.
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Its purpose would be touptheanteand thus force the first union to raise its sights even higher.
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It acknowledges that teaching is a vocation and that, unless rewards are adequate in the market place, employers willuptheanteby offering higher salaries elsewhere.
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That is why we need touptheantetowards a holistic approach and the directive we are awaiting is very important within this framework, as has rightly been said.
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He later decided touptheanteand make it an official release.
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We're looking touptheanteand top ourselves.
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Because most of these stories focused on a character proving his innocence, authorsuptheanteby making him an amnesiac, unable to prove his innocence even to himself.
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After numerous lunchroom debates on which great historical baseball teams would win if they could play each other, a few guys decided touptheante.
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