In one, students had to throw a dice unobserved and report what number they rolled. The higher the number, the more they would be paid.

在一个实验中，研究者让学生们扔骰子，结果是多少，他们就会得到相应的报酬。

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A throw of the dice allows a player to move himself forward.

投掷一次骰子，玩家即可向前移动。

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With the share price a fraction of what it was two years ago, they have more to gain than to lose by a throw of the dice.

鉴于股价只有两年前的零头，他们更愿意掷骰子赢一把，而非输掉。

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The hyper troupe makes a manic attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes, and admission cost is quirkily-based on the throw of a dice.

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United also replaced Rooney with Carlos Tevez and Anderson with Ryan Giggs in what was clearly a last throw of the dice by Ferguson as time ran out.

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But no matter what Dortmund can achieve in the first leg of its Champions League semifinal against Real Madrid, a sense of gloom crept in on Tuesday, the feeling that this European run might be a last throw of the dice.

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