stake
stake 英 [steɪk] 美 [stek]
n. 桩；赌注；股本 v. 以…打赌，支撑
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- A stake is a wooden stick, sharpened on one end and used to mark property lines (or slay a vampire).
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- n. 桩；赌注；股本
- v. 以…打赌，支撑
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1. Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake.
圣女贞德被处以火刑。
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2. a 20% stake in the business
那家公司 20% 的股份
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3. She has a personal stake in the success of the play.
这出戏成功与否对她个人有重大利害关系。
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4. Many young people no longer feel they have a stake in society.
很多年轻人不再觉得他们与社会休戚相关。
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5. How much was the stake ?
下了多少注？
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6. They were playing cards for high stakes .
他们当时正在打扑克，赌注很高。
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7. We cannot afford to take risks when people's lives are at stake.
在人命交关的事情上，不容我们有闪失。
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8. The prize at stake is a place in the final.
这次如果获胜，便能进入决赛。
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9. He staked £25 on the favourite .
他在那匹众人看好的马上押了 25 英镑。
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10. She staked her political career on tax reform, and lost.
她把自己的政治前程押在税制改革上，结果赌输了。
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11. to stake newly planted trees
用木桩支撑新植的树
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12. The President staked out his position on the issue.
总统明确阐述了他在这个问题上的立场。
- stake (n.1) "pointed stick or post," Old English staca "pin, stake," from Proto-Germanic *stakon (source also of Old Norse stiaki, Danish stage, Old Frisian stake, Middle Dutch stake, Dutch staak, German stake), from PIE root *steg- (1) "pole, stick." The Germanic word has been borrowed in Spanish (estaca), Old French (estaque), and Italian stacca) and was borrowed back as attach.
- stake (n.2) "that which is placed at hazard," 1530s, from stake (v.). Perhaps literally "that which is put up," from notion of "post on which a gambling wager was placed," though OED points out there is "no evidence of the existence of such a custom." Weekley suggests "there is a tinge of the burning or baiting metaphor" in this usage. Hence, "an interest, something to gain or lose" (1784). Plural stakes, "sum of money to be won in a (horse) race," first recorded 1690s (compare sweepstakes). To have a stake in is recorded from 1784.
- stake (v.1) early 14c., "to mark (land) with stakes," from stake (n.1). Hence, to stake a claim (1857). Meaning "to maintain surveilance" (usually stake out) is first recorded 1942, American English colloquial, probably form earlier sense of "mark off territory." Related: Staked; staking. Old English had stacung "piercing of an effigy by a pin or stake" (in witchcraft); staccan "pierce with a stake, spit."
- stake (v.2) "to risk, wager," 1520s, perhaps from notion of "post on which a gambling wager was placed" (see stake (n.2)), though Weekley suggests "there is a tinge of the burning or baiting metaphor" in this usage. Meaning "to maintain surveillance" (usually stake out) is first recorded 1942, American English colloquial, probably form earlier sense of "mark off territory." Related: Staked; staking.
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