1 ( stakes) amount that could be won/lost赌注ADJECTIVE | VERB + STAKE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVEbig, high大赌注；高额赌注low, small小额赌注；小赌注personal个人利害关系◆He has a personal stake in the outcome of the war.战争的结果与他有切身的利害关系。emotional, political情感／政治赌注◆The political stakes are high.政治赌注很高。VERB + STAKEplay for下赌注◆They always play for high stakes.他们总是下大赌注。raise提高赌注lower降低赌注PREPOSITIONat stake在危险中；成问题◆He will face the investigation with his reputation at stake.他将面临调查，名声难保。PHRASESwith so much at stake风险如此之大◆With so much at stake, we can't afford to make mistakes.事关重大，我们绝对不能犯错误。