| 词汇 | stake |
| 释义 | stake noun [ C ] uk/steɪk/ us/steɪk/ (SHARE) 股本，股份 a share or a financial involvement in something such as a business He holds (= owns) a 40 percent stake in/of the company. 他拥有公司40%的股份。 have a stake in something 对…有强烈的兴趣；与…有利害关系 If you have a stake in something, it is important to you because you have a personal interest or involvement in it. Employers have a stake in the training of their staff. 雇主很重视员工培训。
(RISK) 赌注，赌金 the amount of money that you risk on the result of something such as a game or competition She spent two weeks in Las Vegas playing high-stakes blackjack at the casinos. 她在拉斯韦加斯的赌场里玩了两个星期的高赌注二十一点。 the stakes[ plural ] （活动或比赛的）奖金，奖品，回报 In an activity or competition, the stakes are the reward for the person who wins or succeeds in it. The team is playing for enormous stakes - the chance to play in the final. 这支球队正在为无上的回报，即进入决赛，而拼命一搏。 the Stakes （奖金由全部参赛马主提供的）赛马 used in the names of horse races in which the prize money is provided by all the owners of the horses that are competing in the race the beauty, popularity, etc. stakes 受欢迎度（等等） a situation where someone is judged on how much of a particular quality they have The prime minister is not very high in the popularity stakes (= he is not very popular) at the moment. 首相当前的人气并不是很旺。 raise/up the stakes 增加奖金;提高奖赏 to increase the prize or reward in a competition or any activity in which you are competing
(STICK) 桩，标桩 a strong stick or metal bar with a pointed end The stakes are pushed or hammered into the ground and can be used for supporting a plant or forming part of a fence. 将木桩插入地下，可以用来支撑植物或构成围栏。 the stake （旧时的）火刑柱 in the past, a wooden post to which people were tied before being burned to death as a punishment In medieval Europe, many women were accused of being witches and were burned at the stake. 在中世纪的欧洲，许多女人被指控为女巫而被烧死在火刑柱上。 Idioms at stakeidiom C2 有风险；处于危急关头 If something that is valuable is at stake, it is in a situation where it might be lost. Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon. 如果紧急救援物资不能很快运到城中，数千人的生命就会有危险。 go to the stake for somethingidiom 为（行为、观点或信仰）甘冒风险;为…不惜赴汤蹈火 to defend an action, opinion, or belief despite the risks that are involved She was prepared to go to the stake for her views. 她准备不惜一切代价维护自己的观点。 pull up stakesidiom US informal (UK up sticks) 迁居别处，搬家 to take all the things that you own and go and live in a different place This is the fourth time in five years that we've had to pull up stakes. 这已经是5年中我们第4次不得不搬家了。 stake verb [ T ] uk/steɪk/ us/steɪk/ (RISK) 以…来打赌，投下…的赌注 to risk an amount of money At the roulette table, he staked $10,000 on number 21. 他在轮盘赌台上押了1万美元赌21号。 (USE STICK) 用桩支撑；把…系于桩上 to hold up and support something by fastening it to stakes Tomato plants should be staked. 西红柿植株得用架子架起来。 Idiom stake a claimidiom 宣布所有权，提出拥有权 If you stake a claim to something, you say or show that you have a right to it and that it should belong to you. He marked the spot on his map where he had seen the gold and returned later that month to stake his claim. 他在地图上标出了见到金子的地方，然后在当月晚些时候回来宣布对此地拥有所有权。 Phrasal verbs stake something on something 拿…为…冒险;把…押在…上 to risk harming or losing something important if an action, decision, or situation does not have the result you want or expect I think she'll be head of this company in five year's time - I'd stake my reputation on it. 我认为不出5年她就会成为这家公司的头儿——我敢用我的名誉担保。 stake something out 监视 to watch a place continuously in order to catch criminals or to see a famous person The police staked out the hotel where the two terrorists were reported to be staying. 据报，那两名恐怖分子藏匿在这家旅馆中，警方于是把旅馆监视了起来。 表明（观点或立场） to establish or make clear your opinion or position on something Two of the president's chief advisers have staked out opposite positions on this issue. 总统的两位主要顾问在这一问题上表明了相反的立场。 New software companies are going to find it hard staking out a position in an already crowded market. 新的软件公司将会发现想要在已经拥挤不堪的市场中立足决非易事。 stake somewhere/something out 立桩标出…的界线，用界桩界定（区域、地块） to mark the limits of an area or a piece of land with wooden sticks in order to claim that you own it 明确界定对（某地）的所有权（或控制权、使用权） to show clearly that you claim the right to own, control, or use a particular area, for example by putting personal things there Each gang in the city has staked out its territory and defends it from other gangs. 城里的每个帮派都划出了自己的地盘，并且禁止其他帮派染指。 They arrived early for the concert and staked out a place at the front of the queue. 他们很早就到了音乐会现场，在队列的前排占了位子。 stake someone to something 为（某人）提供… to provide someone with a particular thing or with what is needed to get it The governor has promised to stake the city's homeless to what they need for a fresh start. 州长已许诺要为该市的无家可归者提供开始新生活的所需之物。 |
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