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stake /steɪk/► SEE ALL(be/have a lot, etc.) at stakestake (out) a/your claim to sb/sth
●(be/have a lot, etc.) at ˈstakethat can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action 成败难料；得失都有可能；有风险◆The team must win the game on Saturday to stay in the competition. With so much at stake, everyone has to play their best.
球队只有赢了星期六那场才能继续参加比赛。胜败难卜，每个人都必须竭尽全力。◆This decision has put our lives at stake.
这一决定使得我们的性命悬于一线。 NOTE Stake in this idiom refers to the amount of money that somebody bets when they are gambling and which they could lose. * stake 在这个习语中意为“赌注”。 ●stake (out) a/your ˈclaim to sb/sthsay that you have a special interest in sb/sth, or have a right to own sth, especially to warn other people not to take it 声言拥有某人／某物；宣称某人／某物属于自己◆Both countries have staked out a claim to the land.
两国都宣称对该地区拥有主权。 ORIGIN If you staked out your claim to some land, you put stakes (= wooden posts) in the ground to mark the limits of land that you claimed was yours. 旧时在宣称对某片土地拥有主权时，要把木桩（stakes）插在地上以示地界。 |