- 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."
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- n. 赌注；赌博；赌物
- vi. 打赌
- vt. 下赌注
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1. But you win what you wager.
但是你赢了你所赌注的。
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2. I walked as if for a wager, mile after mile, till a turn brought me in view of the Heights; but no Catherine could I detect far or near.
我好像是去下赌注似的走着，走了一哩又一哩，后来转一个弯，我望见了那山庄；可是不论远近我都瞧不见凯瑟琳。
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3. Well, Paul, if you are so confident in this forecast, would you like to place a wager on it and take advantage of my wickedness?
好吧，保罗，如果你对这个预测如此自信，你愿意在对这个预测下赌注，以利用我的“邪恶”吗？
- 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.
wager / ˈweɪdʒə(r) ; NAmE ˈweɪdʒər / noun , verb wager wagers wagered wagering noun ( old-fashioned or formal) an arrangement to risk money on the result of a particular event 打赌 SYN bet verb ( old-fashioned or formal) 1 [intransitive , transitive ] to bet money 打赌；押（赌注） SYN bet wageron sth ◆ She always wagered on an outsider. 她总是把赌注押在不大可能获胜的马上。 wagersth (on sth) ◆ to wager £50 on a horse 在一匹马上押 50 英镑的赌注 wagersth/sb 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。 2 [transitive ] wager(that)… used to say that you are so confident that sth is true or will happen that you would be willing to bet money on it 打赌；打包票 SYN 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。 wager / ˈweɪdʒə(r) ; NAmE ˈweɪdʒər /
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