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gamble

verb
🔊/ˈɡæmbl/
🔊/ˈɡæmbl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gamble
🔊/ˈɡæmbl/
🔊/ˈɡæmbl/
he / she / it gambles
🔊/ˈɡæmblz/
🔊/ˈɡæmblz/
past simple gambled
🔊/ˈɡæmbld/
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past participle gambled
🔊/ˈɡæmbld/
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-ing form gambling
🔊/ˈɡæmblɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɡæmblɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to risk money on a card game, horse race, etc.（牌戏、赛马等中）赌博，打赌
    • gamble (at/on something) to gamble at cards赌纸牌
    • to gamble on the horses赌马
    • gamble something (at/on something) I gambled all my winnings on the last race.我把赢的钱全押在最后一场比赛上了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She became depressed and began to gamble heavily.她变得沮丧，开始大量赌博。
    • He doesn't drink or gamble any more.他不再酗酒和赌博了。
    Topics Moneyc1, Sports: other sportsc1
  2. [transitive, intransitive] to risk losing something in the hope of being successful冒风险；碰运气；以…为赌注
    • gamble something (on something) He's gambling his reputation on this deal.他在以自己的声誉为这笔交易作赌注。🔊🔊
    • gamble with/on something It was wrong to gamble with our children's future.拿我们孩子的未来冒险是错误的。🔊🔊
    • gamble that She gambled that he wouldn't read it before she reached the airport.她赌他到机场之前他不会读它。
    Topics Dangerc1
    3. Word Originearly 18th cent.: from obsolete gamel ‘play games’, or from the verb game.

gamble

noun
🔊/ˈɡæmbl/
🔊/ˈɡæmbl/
 [singular]
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  1. an action that you take when you know there is a risk but when you hope that the result will be a success赌博；打赌；冒险
    • She knew she was taking a gamble but decided it was worth it.她知道是在冒险，但她认为冒这个险值得。🔊🔊
    • They invested money in the company right at the start and the gamble paid off (= brought them success).他们一开始就把资金投到这家公司，结果这一冒险获得了成功。🔊🔊
    • It was the biggest gamble of his political career.这是他政治生涯中最大的赌博。
    Extra Examples
    • It was time for a last desperate gamble.是最后拼死赌一把的时候了。
    • Trying to find the right pension can be a bit of a gamble.想找到合适的膳宿公寓是一件碰运气的事。
    Topics Dangerc1, Moneyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • enormous
    • great
    • …
    verb + gamble
    • take
    • lose
    gamble + verb
    • pay off
    • fail
    preposition
    • gamble on
    phrases
    • a bit of a gamble
    • something of a gamble
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from obsolete gamel ‘play games’, or from the verb game.