对嗜赌成瘾者要多些同情,少些谴责。
我之前提到过——我想我之前提到过——如果你说,我想让你赌抛硬币的正反面。
I mentioned this before—I think I mentioned it before—if you say, I'm going to ask you to bet on a coin toss.
那两个老兄弟几天前吵了一架,吵得相当厉害,最后同意打个赌来决定,这是英国人解决一切问题的方式。
Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything.
劳伦斯刚刚跟他的团队就购买了音乐会门票的沃达丰VIP会员的数目打了一个赌,赌赢了。
Laurence has just won a wager with his team over the number of Vodafone VIP members who bought tickets for concerts.
他们就这样继续争论下去,直到B大哥说他愿意下两万英镑的赌注,赌这个人靠这一百万反正能活三十天,而且还不会进监狱。
They went on disputing till Brother B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the man would live thirty days, anyway, on that million, and keep out of jail, too.
也许人们喜欢在无知之幕后赌一赌。
Maybe people would be gamblers behind the veil of ignorance.
综上所述,我暂时不赌该股能升到哪个价位。
Given all that, I wouldn't bet on the stock going much of anywhere for a while.
我就不敢打这个赌。
他知道他们为此赌上了生命。
此后铜价格不合理的上涨证明赌的好。
The steep increase in copper prices since then has proved that the bet was a good one.
浏览微软的网站就像玩一个旋转的轮盘赌。
Exploring the Microsoft site is like spinning a roulette wheel.
“我知道,”托尼说,“但我想,我要赌一把。
三十年前,朱利安·西蒙和保罗·埃利希打过一个很出名的赌。
THIRTY years ago, Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich entered into a famous bet.
换句话说,多数时候,赌波动率保持较低水平是要付出代价的。
In other words, most of the time, it pays to bet on volatility staying low.
假设你丢了工作,但有些积蓄,并有机会赌一把将这些钱翻倍。
Imagine you've lost your job. You have some money saved, and a chance to double it with a gamble.
许多人和她打了赌,但是没有一个人相信那是可能的。
The wager was accepted, but not one of those who bet believed that she would do it.
除此之外,拉斯维加斯人别无选择,只能赌所有的事情都会回来。
Besides, the Las Vegas people have no choice but to bet things will go back.
我们限制了大学生的各种其他选择,赌上了社会的明天。
We are mortgaging the future of society by constraining the choices and opportunities of our undergraduates.
不过本周的一场法院判决却显示,这些银行看起来是赌错了。
But in light of a court ruling this week, the banks look to have made an unwise bet.
我一直强调这个市场并不像股票和债券市场那样可以赌一把。
It's a marketplace that I argue should not be allowed to be wagered on like a stock or bond.
果不其然,当市场仍然上涨时,投资者们没有抱怨这些赌约。
Sure enough, investors weren't complaining about accumulators when the market was still going up.
因为我已经准备把一切都赌在这电影上了,我想把一直坚持的事情做完。
Because I prepared to bet all on this (new film), I want to do all of what I've endured so far.
因为我已经准备把一切都赌在这电影上了,我想把一直坚持的事情做完。
Because I prepared to bet all on this (new film), I want to do all of what I've endured so far.
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