| 词组 | bet |
| 释义 | bet noun an agreement that someone will be given money if something happens, and lose money if it does not happenverbsput/place/lay a bet She placed a bet on a horse called Lucky.make a bet He made a bet with her that she couldn’t be silent for three hours.win/lose a bet France won the game and I won my bet. | He lost the bet, but he hasn’t paid me yet.have a bet Are you going to have a bet on the race?put a bet on (sth) He asked his brother to put a bet on for him.take/accept a bet (=accept someone’s money as part of a bet) They’re taking bets on the result of the election now.Place, put, or make a bet?You usually place/put a bet when gambling on the result of a horse race or a game: I put a bet on a horse and it came last.You use make a bet about more informal arrangements where you predict what will happen: We made a bet that the first one to get to the pub would buy the drinks.Lay a bet can be used in both meanings.adjectives/nouns + beta £50 bet/$100 bet etc Someone placed a £1,500 bet on the horse at odds of 14–1.a big/small bet He felt confident enough to make a big bet.a good/safe/sure/fair bet (=someone or something that is likely to be successful or to happen) It’s a safe bet that he will win. | I think Stephen is now an extremely good bet for the world championship.a bad bet (=a bet that you did not win, or are unlikely to win) She made what turned out to be a bad bet.an outside bet (=someone or something that is not expected to be successful by many people) He is a reasonable outside bet for the job.prepositionsa bet on sth I put a bet on a race and I lost my money.for a bet He dived off the bridge for a bet. |
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