stake
n. 樁; 刑柱; 股份; (在公司、計劃等中的)重大利益
vt. 用樁支撐; 以…下注[打賭]; 用樁區分,界分
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake...
對於一場成敗攸關的比賽來說氣氛自然非常緊張。
At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks...
世界貿易談判正處於成敗的重要關頭。
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups...
遊戲通常在兩大集團之間進行,下的賭注一般都很大。
By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes...
逮捕了該組織的兩名主要頭目後,政府和軍隊現在面臨的風險更大了。
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
He has staked his political future on an election victory...
他把自己的政治前途押在競選獲勝上。
He has staked his reputation on the outcome.
他將自己的名聲賭在了這個結果上。
If you have a stake in something 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.
He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts...
他渴望回到一個更多參與創業的角色,那樣他所付出的努力會與自己的經濟利益息息相關。
Detectives now believe the Mafia also had a stake in the plot and killed him when it went wrong.
偵探們現在相信黑手黨在這個陰謀中也有利害關係,並在事敗後殺了他。
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes .
Britain lags behind in the European childcare stakes.
英國在兒童保育方面落後於歐洲其他國家。
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress...
簡決心主張自己作為一名女演員的權利。
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資格成為比利時世界錦標賽參賽隊伍中的一員。
1. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something;
2. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track);
3. instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
4. the money risked on a gamble
1. put at risk;
2. place a bet on;
3. mark with a stake;
4. tie or fasten to a stake;
5. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole;
go to the stake for
為(信仰、觀點或人)不惜一切
pull up stakes
(北美)搬家,遷址
stake a claim
堅持對…的所有權
stake someone/thing out
(非正式)連續不斷地暗中監視
stake out
指派:指派(如警官)去一個地區進行監督
監督
at stake
在危急之中;成問題
Man came further futher west to stake their claim on the great American wilderness.
人類遠涉西部,期望能征服美洲大荒野.
The brothers set about eliminating Bouygues SA's stake from Maison Bouygues.
布伊格兄弟開始讓布伊格股份有限公司減持MaisonBouygues的股票.
A wooden stake was driven firmly into the ground.
木樁被牢牢釘進土地裡.
Joan of Arc was burnt ( alive ) at the stake.
聖女貞德在火刑柱上被 ( 活活 ) 燒死.
In return, the government will get a stake in the company.
作為回報, 美國政府將取得公司的一部分股份.