ante /ˈæntɪ/

• 1. 

  N-SING In card games such as poker, the ante is the sum of money staked by the players before the cards are dealt. (扑克等牌类游戏中的) 底注

• 2. 

  PHRASE If you up the ante or raise the ante, you increase your demands when you are in dispute or fighting for something. (在争斗中) 加高要求 [journalism]

  例：

  Whenever they reached their goal, they upped the ante, setting increasingly complex challenges for themselves.

  每当他们达到了目标，他们就加高要求，为他们自己设置越来越复杂的挑战。