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

• One minute more, and the wager would be won.
  再过一分钟就要赢了。
• I'll wager that you've never been interviewed in a kitchen, he said, not unkindly.
  “我相信你从没有在厨房里跟人会谈，”他说，口气不能说不亲切。
• I'll wager you10 dollars you can't do it.
  我赌10元钱你不能做这件事。
• 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。
• I'd wager she's interested in you.
  我敢打赌她对你有兴趣。
• You won't find better goods anywhere else, I'll wager.
  你到哪儿也找不到比这个更好的货物，我敢打赌。
• 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'll take your wager!
  我答应你的赌注！
• And am I something that one wins as a wager?
  我是不是个打赌赢了的人？
• 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。