stake /steɪk/ CET4 ( staking, staked, stakes )

• 1. 

  PHRASE If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful. 得失难料

  例：

  The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake.

  一场成败如此难料的比赛紧张度自然很高。

• 2. 

  N-PLURAL The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost. (竞赛、冒险行为中的) 赌注

  例：

  The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups.

  这种游戏通常是两大组人为赢得大的赌注而进行的。

• 3. 

  V-T If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it. 以 (金钱、名誉等) 下赌注

  例：

  He has staked his political future on an election victory.

  他已把他的政治前途赌在了一次选举获胜上。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT 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. (商业等中的) 利害关系

  例：

  He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts.

  他渴望回到更具企业家性质的角色，这样他的努力就跟自己有大的金融利害关系。

• 5. 

  N-PLURAL 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. 争夺赛

  例：

  We are lagging behind in the childcare stakes.

  我们在儿童保育竞赛中正落在后面。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree. 桩

  例：

  His arms were tied to wooden stakes to hold him flat.

  他的双臂被绑在木桩上以便使他平躺着。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it. 提出所有权要求

  例：

  Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress.

  简决心提出她作为一名女演员的应有权利。