Stake
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n. 桩;刑柱;股份;（在公司、计划等中的）重大利益;
vt. 用桩支撑;以…下注[打赌];用桩区分，界分;
📝 例句
The gardener used a stake to support the uprightness of the fragile plant.
这位园丁用了一个木柱将这株娇嫩的植物撑直。
The gold miner staked out his claim.
那位淘金者立桩标出他的地界。
He made a twenty-dollar bet at the stakes.
他在有奖赛马上下了二十元的赌注。
He planted and staked all the new trees.
他栽了许多新树,并用桩全部支撑好。
Our homeland, the lives of our wives and children are at stake.
我们的国土家园，我们的妻室儿女的生命，都在危急中。
🌱 联想助记
【串】赌徒的sake(目的)是take(拿)走stake(赌金)
【记】※ skate-滑雪,stake-赌注:在滑雪比赛中下赌注
※ s-似“蛇”,take-带:把蛇带去赌场作赌注,我打赌没人敢要
※ s-似“美女”,take-拿:美女拿了赌金做桩,运气好又拿了奖
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
stake
n
1 [C] strong wood or metal stick, pointed at one end, that can be driven into the ground, eg to support a young tree, as a post for a fence, etc or as a marker 桩; 标桩.
2 the stake [sing]
(formerly) post to which a person was tied before being burnt to death as a punishment （旧时的）火刑柱
be burnt at the stake 以火刑处死
go to the stake, ie be killed in this way 处以火刑.
3 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
money, etc risked or gambled on the unknown result of a future event (eg a race, a card-game) 赌注
playing for high stakes 下大赌注.
4 money, etc invested by sb in an enterprise so that he has an interest or share in it 投资; 投放的本钱
have a stake in a company 在一家公司有股份
She has a stake in the future success of the business. 她在这项生意上投了资以期将来获利.
5 stakes
(a) [pl] prize money, esp in a horse-race 奖金（尤指赛马的）.
(b) (usu 通常作 Stakes) [sing v]
(esp in names) horse-race in which all the owners of the horses in the race contribute to the prize money （尤用於名称中）有奖赛马（参赛马的马主均须捐款用作奖金）
The Newmarket Stakes is always a popular race. 纽马基特赛马总是吸引很多人.
6 (idm 习语) at stake to be won or lost; being risked, depending on the outcome of an event 在胜败关头; 冒风险
This decision puts our lives at stake. 这麽一决定, 我们的生命就吉凶难卜了.
Our children's education is at stake. 我们孩子的教育好坏无法预料. go to the stake over sth maintain (an opinion, a principle, etc) at any cost 不惜一切代价地坚持（观点、 原则等）
I think I'm right on this issue but I wouldn't go to the stake over it. 我认为我在这个问题上是正确的, 但我并不想拚命坚持这一点. stake, v
1 [Tn] support (sth) with a stake 用桩支撑（某物）
stake newly planted trees 用桩支撑新栽的树.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (on sth) gamble or risk (money, one's hopes, one's life, etc) on sth 拿（金钱、 希望、 生命等）就某事物打赌或冒险
stake 5 on the favourite, eg in a horse-race 在那个大热门（如赛马中的某匹马）上压5英镑
I'd stake my life on it, ie I'm very confident about it. 我敢拿性命来担保.
3 [Tn] (US infml 口) give financial or other support to (sb/sth) 资助, 支持（某人[某事物]）
stake a business 资助一家公司.
4 (idm 习语) stake (out) a/one's `claim (to sb/sth)
(a) mark out (a piece of land, etc) as one's own (esp formerly when arriving in a new country or area) 划（一块土地等）归为己有（尤指旧时初到某国或某地时）.
(b) declare a special interest (in sb/sth); claim a right (to sb/sth) 声称（与某人[某事物]）有特殊关联; 提出（对某人[某事物]的）所有权要求
Several clubs have already staked a/their claim to this outstanding young footballer. 有几个足球俱乐部均表示这个年轻的足球健将是他们的人.
5 (phr v) stake sth out
(a) mark (an area) with stakes (esp formerly to claim ownership) 用桩标出（地）界（尤指旧时用以表明所有权）.
(b) declare a special interest in or right to (eg an area of study, a place) 声称对（研究领域、 地方等）有特殊关联或所有权
He's staked out this part of the house as his own. 他说屋子的这一部分归他所有.
(c) (infml 口 esp US) (of the police) watch (a place) continuously and secretly （指警方）持续监视（某处）
Detectives have been staking out the house for two days now. 警方的侦查人员已对这座房子监视两天了.
🎯 考研助记
s(美女)+take(带):美女带 赌资,去澳门拼命 网友：PUREJAZZ 补充：把蛇带去赌场，作为【赌注】，我【打赌】没人敢要 网友：yqy补充： s蛇，take带来：蛇带来的有害物－－赌注
🔁 扩展释义
*[steik]n. 桩, 炮烙刑, 木柱, 赌注, 奖金vt. 打桩, 用桩撑, 下赌注, 资助vi. 打赌【法】 大型柱, 炮烙刑, 赌金; 打赌, 以...为赌注, 保留相关词组: at stake stake out have a stake in
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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As early as his second film, Chaplin had developed his own manner of acting.
早在他的第二部电影，卓别林就形成了他自己的表演风格。
See if you can find out what the joke is.
看你是否能找出其好笑在何处。
I've no idea. He just asked me to come round for supper.
我也不知道，他只是叫我过来吃晚饭。