stake是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a share or a financial involvement in something such as a business -- 股本，股份

  • He holds (= owns) a 40 percent stake in/of the company. 他擁有公司40%的股份。

  • Employers have a stake in the training of their staff. 僱主很重視員工訓練。

• 1 the amount of money that you risk on the result of something such as a game or competition -- 賭注，賭金

  • She spent two weeks in Las Vegas playing high-stakes blackjack at the casinos. 她在拉斯維加斯的賭場裡玩了兩個星期高賭注的二十一點。

  • The team is playing for enormous stakes - the chance to play in the final. 這支球隊正在為無上的回報，即進入決賽，而拼命一搏。

  • The prime minister is not very high in the popularity stakes (= he is not very popular) at the moment. 首相當前的人氣並不是很旺。

  • The stowaways are trying to raise the stakes by refusing to eat until they are given money and aid. 偷渡者正試圖透過絕食來使事態擴大，直到他們得到錢和���助為止。

• 2 a strong stick or metal bar with a pointed end -- 樁，標樁

  • The stakes are pushed or hammered into the ground and can be used for supporting a plant or forming part of a fence. 將木樁插入地下，可以用來支撐植物或構成圍欄。

  • In medieval Europe, many women were accused of being witches and were burned at the stake. 在中世紀的歐洲，許多女人被指控爲女巫而被燒死在火刑柱上。

• 3 to risk an amount of money -- 以…來打賭，投下…的賭注

  • At the roulette table, he staked $10,000 on number 21. 他在輪盤賭臺上押了一萬美元賭21號。

• 4 to hold up and support something by fastening it to stakes -- 用樁支撐；把…繫於樁上

  • Tomato plants should be staked. 番茄植株得用架子架起來。