wager
verb /ˈweɪdʒə(r)/
/ˈweɪdʒər/
(old-fashioned or formal) - [intransitive, transitive] to bet money打赌;押(赌注) synonym bet
- wager on something She always wagered on an outsider.她总是把赌注押在不大可能获胜的马上。
- wager something (on something) to wager £50 on a horse在一匹马上押 50 英镑的赌注
- wager something/somebody that… I had wagered a great deal of money that I would beat him.我下了大赌注打赌,这次比赛我会赢他的。
- [transitive] wager (that)… used to say that you are so confident that something is true or will happen that you would be willing to bet money on it打赌;打包票 synonym bet
- I'll wager that she knows more about it than she's saying.我敢打赌,她知道的比她说的要多。
词源Middle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.