bet
n. 打赌,赌注; 预计
v. 打赌,下注; 希望; 敢说
If you bet on the result of a horse race, football game, 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.
Jockeys are forbidden to bet on the outcome of races...
职业赛马骑师禁止对赛马结果下注。
I bet £10 on a horse called Premonition...
我在一匹名叫“预兆”的赛马上下了10英镑的赌注。
A bet is a sum of money which you give to someone when you bet.
You can put a bet on almost anything these days.
如今几乎可以对任何东西下赌注。
If someone is betting that something will happen, they are hoping or expecting that it will happen.
The party is betting that the presidential race will turn into a battle for younger voters...
该党期待这次总统竞选变成一场争取年轻一代选民的斗争。
People were betting on a further easing of credit conditions.
人们期待着贷款条件进一步放宽。
You use expressions such as 'I bet', 'I'll bet', and 'you can bet' to indicate that you are sure something is true.
I bet you were good at games when you were at school...
我敢说你上学时体育很棒。
I bet you anything you like he's a pimp...
我敢打包票,他是个皮条客。
If you tell someone that something is a good bet, you are suggesting that it is the thing or course of action that they should choose.
Textiles are a good bet for a country bent on industrialisation...
纺织业对于致力于工业化的国家来说是个比较稳妥的产业。
Your best bet is to choose a guest house.
你最好选择一个小旅馆。
If you say that it is a good bet or a safe bet that something is true or will happen, you are saying that it is extremely likely to be true or to happen.
It is a safe bet that the current owners will not sell.
十有八九现在的业主不会出售。
If you hedge your bets, you follow two courses of action to avoid making a decision between two things because you cannot decide which one is right.
NASA is hedging its bets and adopting both strategies.
美国航空航天局做了两手准备,两套策略双管齐下。
You use I bet or I'll bet in reply to a statement to show that you agree with it or that you expected it to be true, usually when you are annoyed or amused by it.
'I'd like to ask you something,' I said. — 'I bet you would,' she grinned.
“我想问你点事,”我说。——“我就知道你要问,”她笑道。
You can use my bet is or it's my bet to give your personal opinion about something, when you are fairly sure that you are right.
My bet is that next year will be different...
我敢说明年不会这样。
It's my bet that he's the guy behind this killing.
我认为他就是这起凶杀案的幕后主使。
If you say don't bet on something or I wouldn't bet on something, you mean that you do not think that something is true or will happen.
'We'll never get a table in there' — 'Don't bet on it.'
“我们在那儿是订不上座了。”——“那可不一定。”
If you reply 'Do you want to bet?' or 'Want a bet?' to someone, you mean you are certain that what they have said is wrong.
'Money can't buy happiness.' — 'Want to bet?'
“金钱买不到幸福。”——“敢打赌吗?”
You use 'You bet' or 'you bet your life' to say yes in an emphatic way or to emphasize a reply or statement.
'It's settled, then?' — 'You bet.'...
“那么,就这么定了?”——“定了。”
'Are you afraid of snakes?' — 'You bet your life I'm afraid of snakes.'
“你怕蛇吗?”——“这还用问,我当然怕啦。”
1. the money risked on a gamble
2. the act of gambling;
1. maintain with or as if with a bet;
2. stake on the outcome of an issue;
3. have faith or confidence in;
bet, gamble
这两个动词均含有"打赌,赌博"之意。
all bets are off
(非正式)世事难料
bet the farm
(北美,非正式)(在赌博、投资或风险事业上)孤注一掷;破釜沉舟
don't (或 wouldn't) bet on it
(非正式)这拿不准
want to bet?
(非正式)敢打赌吗?(用于表示强烈不同意某种说法)
you bet
(非正式)你放心;当然,一定
you bet【非正式用语】
当然;的确
I'll bet my bottom dollar that the train will be late again.
我敢打赌,火车又将晚点了.
The public bet a lot of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated.
公众为门杜萨下了一大笔赌注, 但是他被击败了.
I can bet my bottom dollar he won't have waited for us.
我可以打包票,他是绝不会等我们的.
When you have made a bad bet, it is best to hedge off.
如果你赌运不佳, 最好两方下注,以免损失过高.
I bet they will not even find us a date , some matchmaking service.
有些婚姻介绍所,我打赌他们不会帮我们介绍对象.