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| 1 | C business the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it 股份 |
| +in They took a 40% stake in the company last year. 去年他们在该公司持有40%的股份。 |
| a majority/minority stake (=more/less than half) RCS Video has bought a majority stake in Majestic Films International. 多数／少数股份 |
| | 1a | the degree to which you are involved in something and want it to succeed 利害关系 | | have a stake in (doing) sth He has a huge stake in making the peace process work. 他与和平进程的推进有很大的关系。 | |
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| 2 | C an amount of money that you risk losing when you try to guess the result of a race or competition 赌注；赌金 |
| He liked gambling, but only for small stakes. 他喜欢赌博，但只是小赌注的。 |
| | 2a | plural the things you can gain or lose by taking a risk , for example in business or politics （尤指在商业或政治冒险中的）赌注 | | high stakes (=a lot that could be won or lost) With such high stakes, the atmosphere was tense. 大赌注 | | raise the stakes (=risk gaining or losing more) The Americans have raised the stakes in a bitter fight over imports. 冒更大的风险 | |
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| 3 | C a wooden or metal post with a pointed end that is used for supporting or marking something 桩；柱 |
| | 3a | a thick wooden pole that someone was tied to and burnt in the past as a punishment （旧时的）火刑柱 | | be burnt at the stake Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in 1431. 贞德在1431年被绑在火刑柱上烧死。 | |
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| 4 | stakes plural used in the names of some horse races （用于某些赛马比赛的名称） |
| the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot 皇家爱斯科玛丽女王赛马会 |
| | 4a | used for talking about a competition or comparison that seems like a race 争夺（赛） | | Who are the main contenders in the party leadership stakes? 在该党领导人的争夺战中谁是主要的竞争者？ | | in the popularity/fitness/beauty etc stakes They’ re running neck and neck in the popularity stakes. 在受欢迎程度的争夺中他们不相上下。 | |
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| - | at stake
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| 1 | likely to be lost or damaged if something fails 在危急关头；濒于险境 | People’ s lives are at stake. 人民的生命受到威胁。 | |
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| 2 | used about important issues that are involved in a situation or could be decided by it （重大问题）关键所在 | Few voters had any idea of the issues at stake. 很少有选民知晓问题的关键所在。 | | There are ancient rivalries at stake. 问题的关键是由来已久的敌对。 | |
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| - | go to the stake for/over sth
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| to defend a belief or idea even if you suffer as a result |
| 不惜一切代价地捍卫（信仰或思想） |
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