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wager n.赌,赌博,赌注 vt.下赌注,保证 vi.打赌 You can use the word wager as either a noun or a verb, to mean "place a bet" or "the amount of money being risked in a bet." So you could offer a wager at the poker table, or ask if anyone wants to wager on Monday's football game. Either way you use it, wager is a Middle English word that comes from the Old North French wage, "to pledge." ★☆☆☆☆ 2006.5

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['weidʒə(r)] To wager is to bet: you might say to your fellow train passengers, "I'll wager ten dollars that we won't get to Chicago on time." Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on -- you might say addicted to -- revenues from wagering. 1[VERB 动词]押(赌注)；打赌 If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.   [V on n]  [V n on n]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]Just because people wagered on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them...人们将赌注下在扬基队上并不说明就喜欢他们。Golfers had wagered a good deal of money on Nick Faldo winning the championship.高尔夫球手投下重注赌尼克·法尔多夺冠。Wager is also a noun.There have been various wagers on certain candidates since the Bishop announced his retirement.自从大主教宣布退职后，人们纷纷打赌猜测几位继任人选。2[VERB 动词](表示很确定)打赌，保证 If you say that you will wager that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.   [V that]She was willing to wager that he didn't own the apartment he lived in...她愿意打赌他居住的公寓并不属于他。I'll wager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70.我敢打赌，她就算到了70岁，影响力也会不减当年。

英语单词	wager
英美音标	['weidʒə(r)]
中文释义	n.赌,赌博,赌注 vt.下赌注,保证 vi.打赌
vocab简明	To wager is to bet: you might say to your fellow train passengers, "I'll wager ten dollars that we won't get to Chicago on time."
vocab扩展	You can use the word wager as either a noun or a verb, to mean "place a bet" or "the amount of money being risked in a bet." So you could offer a wager at the poker table, or ask if anyone wants to wager on Monday's football game. Either way you use it, wager is a Middle English word that comes from the Old North French wage, "to pledge."
真题原句	Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on -- you might say addicted to -- revenues from wagering.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]押(赌注)；打赌 If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not. [V on n] [V n on n] [JOURNALISM 新闻] Just because people wagered on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them... 人们将赌注下在扬基队上并不说明就喜欢他们。 Golfers had wagered a good deal of money on Nick Faldo winning the championship. 高尔夫球手投下重注赌尼克·法尔多夺冠。 Wager is also a noun. There have been various wagers on certain candidates since the Bishop announced his retirement. 自从大主教宣布退职后，人们纷纷打赌猜测几位继任人选。 2 [VERB 动词](表示很确定)打赌，保证 If you say that you will wager that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case. [V that] She was willing to wager that he didn't own the apartment he lived in... 她愿意打赌他居住的公寓并不属于他。 I'll wager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70. 我敢打赌，她就算到了70岁，影响力也会不减当年。
来源	2006.5

Wager Money [V Word Football States Verb 动词