staked
vt. 用樁支撐(stake的過去式與過去分詞形式)
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。
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。
I staked ten pence upon a horse, and it won.
我在一匹馬身上押了十便士, 而它居然贏了.
He staked newly planted trees.
他用木樁子撐住新栽的樹.
The miner staked off his claim.
這礦工用樁標出他的地界.
They've set aside a small area as a children's playground and staked it off.
他們劃出一小塊地皮用於建造兒童遊樂場,並在周圍打上了木樁.