v.赌博；冒险；孤注一掷

n.赌博；冒险

He spends all his time gambling in the casino. 他把时间都消磨在赌场的赌博上。

He gambled all his winnings on the last race. 他把赢得的钱全都压在最后一场赛马上了。

I wouldn't gamble on the weather being fine. 我可不指望天气能一直好下去。

Drive carefully and don't gamble with your life. 小心驾驶,别拿你的生命冒险。

You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke. 你继续抽烟是把自己的健康当赌注。

The gamble paid off. 赌赢了。

I bet that he has lost all his money in the gamble. 我肯定他在赌博中输掉了所有的钱。

The company took a gamble by cutting the price of their products. 公司冒险将产品削价出售。

gamble用作名词的意思是“赌博; 冒险”,转化为动词意思是“赌博,打赌”“投机”“冒风险”。

gamble可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时可接“财产”“钱”一类的名词作宾语,也可接表示具体钱数的名词短语作宾语。可用于被动结构。

gamble后接on表示“就…赌博”或“在…投机”; 接with表示“以…孤注一掷或冒险”。

gamble有时可作“大胆假定”解,作此解时可接that从句。

注意下面两句的意思不同: He gambled his week's wages.他以自己的周工资当赌注。(未必输光)He gambled away his week's wages.他把自己的周工资都输光了。