stake

[steik]

n.桩, 赌注, 利害关系
v.用桩支撑, 下注

n.

1. 桩, 标桩; 棍子, 棒[C]

He put up a stake to support the newly planted tree.

他竖了一根桩支撑新种的树。

2. 火刑柱; 大刑, 火刑[the S]

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

圣女贞德被烧死在火刑柱上。

3. 股本, 股份; 利害关系[C][(+in)]

Each of us has a stake in the future of our country.

我们国家的未来与我们每个人都利害相关。

4. 赌金, 赌注[P1]

The old ladies played for small stakes just for amusement.

老太太们下小赌注赌钱只是为了取乐。

5. (赛马等的)奖金; 有奖赛马, 有奖比赛[P1]

He made a twenty-dollar bet at the stakes.

他在有奖赛马上下了二十美元的赌注。

6. 危险, 风险[U]

My whole future was at stake.

我的未来吉凶未卜。

vt.

1. 把……押下打赌, 拿……冒险[(+on)]

He staked all his money on the risky business.

他将所有的钱都押在这个有风险的生意上。

2. 系……于桩上; 以桩支撑[(+up)]

He planted and staked all the new trees.

他栽了许多新树, 并用桩全部支撑好。

3. 用桩标出的界限[(+out/off)]

The gold miner staked out his claim.

那位淘金者立桩标出他的地界。

4. 用桩围住[(+up/in)]

5. 【美】【口】资助, 支持

I'll stake you to a dinner if you'll come.

如果你愿意来, 我请你吃饭。

词形变化

动词过去式: staked | 动词过去分词: staked | 动词现在分词: staking | 动词第三人称单数: stakes |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.打赌, 冒险

bet  wager  gamble  risk

n.标竿; 桩

peg  post  

同义参见:

deposit  dare  play  payment  invest  finance  holding  

英英释义

名词 stake:

(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

同义词：interest

a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)

同义词：post

instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning

the money risked on a gamble

同义词：stakes, bet, wager

动词 stake:

put at risk

同义词：venture, hazard, adventure, jeopardize

place a bet on

同义词：bet on, back, gage, game, punt

mark with a stake

同义词：post

tie or fasten to a stake

kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

同义词：impale

短语词组

at stake

1. 在危急关头

The life of the patient is at stake.

病人的生命在危急中。

stake out

1. 监视

The hotel has been staked out for some time by the police.

这家旅馆已被警方监视了一段时间。

补充

stakestake英:[steik] 美:[stek]n.1.桩, 柱2.刑柱3.股份, 利害关系vt.1.用桩支撑He staked newly planted trees.他用木桩子撑住新栽的树。2.以…下注[打赌]I staked ten pence upon a horse, and it won.我在一匹马身上押了十便士, 而它居然赢了。3.用桩区分, 界分

例句

1. A husband naturally has a stake in his wife's career.丈夫自然支持妻子的事业。 2. Two lives are at stake.两条生命受到威胁。 3. There's a great deal of money at stake.有一大笔钱存在风险。 4. At stake are more than 20,000 jobs in Britain's aerospace sector.英国航空航天业两万多个工作岗位处境岌岌可危。 5. Large sums were staked on the outcome.大笔大笔的钱押在了结果上。 6. He has staked his political future on an election victory.他把政治前程押在了一次竞选获胜上。 7. I think she's a good swimmer but I wouldn't stake my life on it.我觉得她游泳不错, 但也不是完全确定。 8. Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress.简决心主张自己作为女演员的权利。 9. Baguet's success staked his claim for a place in Belgium's world championship team.巴盖的胜利为他在比利时的世锦赛队伍中争得了一席之地。 10. Each group had staked its claim to its own territory.每个集团都对自己的领土提出了权利要求。 11. to stake out the boundaries of标出…的界限 12. His field has been staked off.他的土地已打上了界桩。 13. I staked out 40% of the profit for myself.我给自己留下了40%的利润。 14. to stake one's garden用木桩围住花园 15. He staked his tomato vines with bamboo.他用竹竿支撑起西红柿秧。 16. They staked the goat in the back yard.他们把山羊拴在后院的木桩上。 17. He staked￡ 500 on the fifth card.他在第五张牌上押了500 镑赌金。 18. He staked his reputation on the success of the invention.他以他的名誉担保这项发明的成功。 19. I was staked to a good meal and a train ticket by him.他请我美美地吃了一顿饭，还给我买了一张火车票。 20. I can stake with you.我敢跟你打赌。 21. the boundary between the two manors was properly staked out.那两个庄园之间的界限是用界标准确划明的。 22. the local dog staked out his territory.这只本地的狗划分出自己的领地。 23. Elena was staking out a role for herself as a formidable political force.埃琳娜坚持把自己定位为一股巨大的政治势力。 24. they'd staked out Culley's flat for half a day.他们暗中监视卡勒的公寓已经有半天了。 25. playing dice for high stakes.掷骰子赌大钱。 26. the opposition raised the stakes in the battle for power.反对党在争取权力的斗争中增加了赌注。 27. GM acquired a 50 per cent stake in Saab.通用汽车公司获得了萨博50％的股份。 28. the horse is to run in the Craven stakes.这匹马要参加克雷文集资赛马。 29. we will keep you one step ahead in the fashion stakes.在时装领域的竞争中我们会使你领先一步。 30. one gambler staked everything he'd got and lost.一个赌徒尽其所有去打赌，结果输得精光。 31. it was risky to stake his reputation on one big success.把他的名誉押在一次巨大的成功上，太冒险了。 32. he staked him to an education at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.他资助他到美术学院去学习。 33. people's lives could be at stake.人民的生命可能受到危害。 34. the logical response is to give up, but there's more at stake than logic.符合逻辑的反应是放弃，但要考虑的不只是逻辑。 35. We play cards for money, but never for very high stakes.我们玩纸牌赌钱，但从不下大赌注。 36. He thought very carefully about the decision because he knew his future was at stake.他仔细考虑才决定，因为他知道这关系到他自己的前途。 37. He is staking his political reputation on this issue.他将自己的政治声誉押在这件事上。 38. In his speech, the President staked out his position on tax reform.总统在演说中阐明自己对税制改革的立场。 39. The police had been staking out the house for months.几个月来警方一直在监视那所房子。 40. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.圣女贞德被烧死在火刑柱上。 41. a poker game with high stakes大赌注的扑克牌游戏 42. The stakes are too high/low/big.赌金太高/低/大。 43. They have a stake in the company. [=they own part of the company]他们拥有这家公司的股份。 44. a majority stake多数股份 45. We all have a stake in the health of our economy. [=the health of our economy affects us all]经济运行状况与我们所有人都息息相关。 46. Millions of dollars are at stake in the battle over his inheritance.对于他遗产的争夺战关系到几百万美元的得失。 47. Thousands of jobs are at stake.数以千计的工作岗位难保。 48. Many lives are at stake.许多人的生命处于生死关头。 49. My reputation is at stake if this project fails. [=my reputation will be lost/damaged if this project fails]如果这个项目失败，我的声誉会大受影响。 50. She's willing to go to the stake for her beliefs.为了捍卫信仰，她愿意赴汤蹈火。 51. "Her career was going nowhere, so she decided it was time to pull up stakes."她的工作没有前途，因此她认为是时候卷铺盖走人了。 52. He staked [=risked] his reputation on the success of the new plan.他以自己的名誉打赌那项新计划会成功。 53. The corporation staked billions of dollars on the deal.这家公司在这桩交易上押了数十亿美元。 54. She staked everything on one last attempt.她竭尽一切赌最后一把。 55. That's the man who robbed the bank. I would stake my life on it. [=I am absolutely sure]抢劫银行的就是那个男人，我敢拿性命担保。 56. She staked the tomatoes to keep them from falling over.她用木桩撑住西红柿植株以免其倒下。 57. stake out a mining area标出矿区的地界 58. We staked out the area where the pool will be installed.我们用木桩在要挖水池的地方标出了地界。 59. The police staked out the building until they caught the vandals.警方一直监视那座建筑物，直到他们抓到破坏者为止。 60. He staked out his position on this issue in a speech he gave last month.他在上个月的演讲中明确表示了自己关于这个问题的立场。 61. They staked their claim to the land.他们公开宣布对这块土地拥有所有权。 62. "With her strong showing in the early rounds of the tournament, she has staked her claim to be considered one of the favorites."她在锦标赛前几轮中的优异表现无异于向人们宣称她是最有希望获胜的选手之一。