wager

英 [ˈweɪdʒə(r)]

美 [ˈweɪdʒər]

n.  打赌
v.  打赌; 押(赌注); 打包票

复数：wagers　过去分词：wagered　过去式：wagered　第三人称单数：wagers　现在分词：wagering　

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.21950 / COCA.16279

牛津词典

noun

• 打赌
  an arrangement to risk money on the result of a particular event

verb

• 打赌；押（赌注）
  to bet money
  1. She always wagered on an outsider.
     她总是把赌注押在不大可能获胜的马上。
  2. to wager £50 on a horse
     在一匹马上押50英镑的赌注
  3. I had wagered a great deal of money that I would beat him.
     我下了大赌注打赌，赌这次比赛我会赢他的。
• 打赌；打包票
  used to say that you are so confident that sth is true or will happen that you would be willing to bet money on it
  1. I'll wager that she knows more about it than she's saying.
     我敢打赌，她知道的比她说的要多。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 押(赌注);打赌
  If youwager onthe result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
  1. Just because people wagered on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them...
     人们将赌注下在扬基队上并不说明就喜欢他们。
  2. Golfers had wagered a good deal of money on Nick Faldo winning the championship.
     高尔夫球手投下重注赌尼克·法尔多夺冠。
  3. Wageris also a noun.
     
  4. There have been various wagers on certain candidates since the Bishop announced his retirement.
     自从大主教宣布退职后，人们纷纷打赌猜测几位继任人选。
• VERB (表示很确定)打赌，保证
  If you say that you willwager thatsomething is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.
  1. She was willing to wager that he didn't own the apartment he lived in...
     她愿意打赌他居住的公寓并不属于他。
  2. I'll wager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70.
     我敢打赌，她就算到了70岁，影响力也会不减当年。

英英释义

noun

• the act of gambling
  1. he did it on a bet
  Synonym:bet
• the money risked on a gamble
  Synonym:stakestakesbet

verb

• maintain with or as if with a bet
  1. I bet she will be there!
  Synonym:bet
• stake on the outcome of an issue
  1. I bet $100 on that new horse
  2. She played all her money on the dark horse
  Synonym:betplay

双语例句

• No.I will not lose this wager!
  不，我不能输这个赌局！
• I'll wager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70.
  我敢打赌，她就算到了70岁，影响力也会不减当年。
• Phileas Fogg had won his wager of twenty thousand pounds!
  斐利亚福克赢到了这笔两万英镑的赌注！
• Would you wager much money on Mike?
  你在迈克身上下大赌注吗？
• And am I something that one wins as a wager?
  我是不是个打赌赢了的人？
• Jones decided to wager on tuesday's horse race.
  琼斯决定参加星期二的赛马赌博。
• Golfers had wagered a good deal of money on Nick Faldo winning the championship.
  高尔夫球手投下重注赌尼克·法尔多夺冠。
• I'm willing to wager that Kathryn's mother thought she had merely asked a question about a tomato.
  我愿意打赌，凯思琳的母亲认为她只是问了一个关于西红柿的问题而已。
• Would you care to have a small wager on the game?
  你愿意在这场比赛上下个小赌注吗？
• I mean I would like to wager somebody where I can make some real go on this.
  我的意思是我愿意打赌有人在那里可以有一些真正的开始。