gamblegam•ble /'ɡæmbl/

vi

1. 赌博，打赌

• gamble at cards 赌纸牌

• gamble on horses 赌马

2. 冒险，投机；(没有把握地)假设，期望

• gamble in shares(或on the stock exchange) 投机买卖股票

• Don't gamble with your future. 别拿你的前程冒险。

• I gambled on his not seeing me. 但愿他没有看见我。

vt

1. 赌掉，输光

• He gambled his fortune and inheritance away. 他把自己的财产和获得的遗产全输光了。

2. 以…为赌注；把…孤注一掷；以…打赌；冒险假设

• She gambled all her savings to start a bookstore. 她孤注一掷,用自己的积蓄开了一家书店。

• Gambling that no one would be there, they carried out the burglary. 他们估摸着那里没人，于是就铤而走险，进行了盗窃。

–gambler n C