wager
英 ['we?d??]
美
- n. 賭注；賭博；賭物
- vi. 打賭
- vt. 下賭注
- n. (Wager)人名；(英)韋杰；(芬、瑞典)瓦格
IELTS低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?wagers;第三人稱單數:?wagers;過去式:?wagered;過去分詞:?wagered;現在分詞:?wagering;
中文詞源
wager 打賭
來自wage, 承諾，保證，引申義打賭，愿賭服輸。
英文詞源
- wager (n.)
- c. 1300, wajour "a promise, a vow, something pledged or sworn to;" also "a bet, a wager; stakes, something laid down as a bet," from Anglo-French wageure, Old North French wagiere (Old French gagiere, Modern French gageure) "pledge, security," from wagier "to pledge" (see wage (n.)).
- wager (v.)
- c. 1600 (intransitive); 1610s (transitive), from wager (n.). Related: Wagered; wagering.
雙語例句
- 1. A wager is a fool's argument.
- 傻瓜一爭論就打賭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. I wager that It'shall be so.
- 我保證(它)會這樣.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. She was willing to wager that he didn't own the apartment he lived in.
- 她愿意打賭他居住的公寓并不屬于他。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I am ready to wager a package of cigarettes that he will come.
- 我敢打賭一盒香煙,他一定來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I'll wager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70.
- 我敢打賭，她就算到了70歲，影響力也會不減當年。
來自辭典例句