stake
- n.股份;桩;赌注;火刑柱
- v.拿…冒险;用桩支撑
- 网络利害关系;木桩;赌金
复数:stakes 现在分词:staking 过去式:staked
stake
2.[sing]火刑柱a wooden post that sb could be tied to in former times before being burnt to death(= killed by fire) as a punishment
3.[c]股本;股份money that sb invests in a company
4.[sing]~ in sth(在公司、计划等中的)重大利益,重大利害关系an important part or share in a business, plan, etc. that is important to you and that you want to be successful
5.[c]赌注something that you risk losing, especially money, when you try to predict the result of a race, game, etc., or when you are involved in an activity that can succeed or fail
at stake
成败难料;得失都可能;有风险that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action
go to the stake over/for sth
为坚持自己的观点(或信仰)甘冒一切危险;为维护自己的观点(或信仰)不惜赴汤蹈火to be prepared to do anything in order to defend your opinions or beliefs
in the… stakes
(评论一个人的某种品质高或低)要是比…的话,论…used to say how much of a particular quality a person has, as if they were in a competition in which some people are more successful than others