stakes

英 [steɪks]

美 [steɪks]

n.  桩; 标桩; 篱笆桩; 火刑柱; 股本; 股份
v.  (就某事)以…打赌，拿…冒险; 用桩支撑
stake的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 处于危险境地;处于成败关头
  If something isat stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
  1. The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake...
     对于一场成败攸关的比赛来说气氛自然非常紧张。
  2. At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks...
     世界贸易谈判正处于成败的重要关头。
  3. At stake are more than 20,000 jobs in Britain's aerospace sector.
     英国航天部门 2 万多人面临失业的危险。
• N-PLURAL (比赛或行动的)赌注，风险
  Thestakesinvolved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
  1. The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups...
     游戏通常在两大集团之间进行，下的赌注一般都很大。
  2. By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes...
     逮捕了该组织的两名主要头目后，政府和军队现在面临的风险更大了。
  3. For Mr Blair the political stakes could hardly have been higher.
     对布莱尔来说，这已经是最高的政治赌注了。
• VERB 将…押(在…);以…打赌;拿…冒险
  If youstakesomething such as your money or your reputationonthe result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
  1. He has staked his political future on an election victory...
     他把自己的政治前途押在竞选获胜上。
  2. He has staked his reputation on the outcome.
     他将自己的名声赌在了这个结果上。
• N-COUNT 利害关系;重大利益;(企业等中的)股本，股份
  If you have astake insomething such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
  1. He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts...
     他渴望回到一个更多参与创业的角色，那样他所付出的努力会与自己的经济利益息息相关。
  2. Detectives now believe the Mafia also had a stake in the plot and killed him when it went wrong.
     侦探们现在相信黑手党在这个阴谋中也有利害关系，并在事败后杀了他。
• N-PLURAL 比赛;竞赛
  You can usestakesto refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader astheleadershipstakes.
  1. Britain lags behind in the European childcare stakes.
     英国在儿童保育方面落后于欧洲其他国家。
• 桩
  Astakeis a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
• PHRASE 提出权利要求;主张权利
  If youstake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
  1. Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress...
     简决心主张自己作为一名女演员的权利。
  2. Baguet's success staked his claim for a place in Belgium's world championship team.
     巴古埃特的成功使他有资格成为比利时世界锦标赛参赛队伍中的一员。

英英释义

noun

• the money risked on a gamble
  Synonym:stakebetwager

双语例句

• The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups
  游戏通常在两大集团之间进行，下的赌注一般都很大。
• Equally controversial could be specific investment stakes in companies.
  同样具有争议的可能是对企业的特定股权投资。
• He loved gambling and each time he lost he would double his stakes.
  他喜欢赌博，每次他输了他都会将赌注加倍。
• One result of this more civilised atmosphere is to lower the stakes of the dispute.
  这种更加文明的氛围的结果之一，是降低了争论所涉及的利害。
• Britain lags behind in the European childcare stakes.
  英国在儿童保育方面落后于欧洲其他国家。
• It also has stakes in other start-ups like Dropbox and Slack.
  公司也入股了其它初创公司，比如Dropbox和Slack。
• The wooden stakes are coated with pitch.
  木桩子上涂了沥青。
• As a fence needs the support of stakes, so an able man needs the help of others.
  篱笆靠桩，好汉要帮。
• The Americans have raised the stakes in a bitter fight over imports.
  美国人在有关进口的激烈斗争中加大了赌注。
• But by adding the barefaced lie to the mix you raise the stakes.
  但加上一句厚颜无耻的谎言，你就加大了赌注。