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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2769 COCA: 2591

stake

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stake1 /steɪk/ ●○○ noun   → steak
1  at stake RISKif something that you value very much is at stake, you will lose it if a plan or action is not successful 有风险，成败难料
 They have to win the contract – thousands of jobs are at stake.
他们必须拿下这份合同，这关系到数千个工作岗位。
 National pride is at stake in next week’s game against England.
下星期对英格兰队的比赛关乎民族尊严。
2  company/business 公司/企业 [countableC]SHARE if you have a stake in a business, you have invested money in it 股份，股本
hold/have a stake in something
 He holds a 51% stake in the firm.
他在这家公司拥有 51% 的股份。
3  have a stake in something if you have a stake in something, you will get advantages if it is successful, and you feel that you have an important connection with it 与某事物有利害关系
 Young people don’t feel they have a stake in the country’s future.
年轻人觉得自己与国家的未来没有关系。
Examples from the Corpus
have a stake in something• Dow Jones and Intel also have stakes in Sohu.• Both countries have a stake in using the World Trade Organization and in not allowing trade disputes to poison bilateral relations.• Many have a stake in the present system.• We want all our people to share in growing prosperity and to have a stake in the country's future.• Pharmaceuticals and health-products firms, which have a stake in Medicaid and Medicare reforms, $ 1. 3 million.• The decisions will be made at the appropriate level by those who have a stake in them.• And the more you borrow, the more the bank will have a stake in your success.• They reasoned that, if neither main party won a commanding majority, both would have a stake in negotiating rather than fighting.
4  money risked 赌注 [countableC] money that you risk as the result of a horse race, card game etc 〔赛马、牌局等的〕赌注，赌金
 For a dollar stake, you can win up to $1,000,000.
押一美元赌注，最多可赢一百万美元。
5  high stakes 
a) if the stakes are high when you are trying to do something, you risk losing a lot or it will be dangerous if you fail 高风险，很大的危险性
 Climbing is a dangerous sport and the stakes are high.
爬山是一项危险的运动，风险很大。
b) if the stakes are high when you are doing something such as playing a card game, you risk losing a lot of money 〔打扑克等的〕很高的赌注
 We’re playing for high stakes here.
我们现在正赌得很大。
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high stakes• Of course much depends on how the current high stakes budget negotiations play out.• He found Zacco lightly intoxicated, and playing dice for high stakes among a circle of friends.• You thought you'd play - for higher stakes than those he was offering.• But commander-in-chief Douglas MacArthur wanted to play for higher stakes.• I have relatively high stakes in conformity - I happen to have done fairly well out of it.• Especially when the players themselves happily accept the high stakes for which they play, gambling with their bodies.• It was the highest stakes ever.• The higher stakes have increased the temptation to overload the inflatable speedboats, called Zodiacs.
6  pointed stick 尖尖的棒 [countableC]D a pointed piece of wood, metal etc, especially one that is pushed into the ground to support something or mark a particular place 桩，标桩
 tent stakes
帐篷桩
 Drive two stakes into the ground about three feet apart.
往地下打两根桩，相隔大约三英尺的 距离。
7  the stake SCa post to which a person was tied in former times before being killed by burning 〔旧时的〕火刑柱
 Suspected witches were burnt at the stake.
被怀疑是女巫的人被烧死在火刑柱上。
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burnt at the stake• Refusing to recant his doctrines as heretical, he was condemned to be burnt at the stake at Konstanz.• Governor Dulcitius had her sisters burnt at the stake.• He was then burnt at the stake.
8  in the popularity/fashion etc stakes COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATused when saying how popular, fashionable etc someone or something is 说到声望/时尚等
 Ben wouldn’t score very highly in the popularity stakes.
本的人缘不是很好。
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in the popularity/fashion etc stakes• Although still carrying the hallmarks of a true fishing port, Padstow is fast gaining ground in the popularity stakes.• They are running neck-and-neck in the popularity stakes.
9  (be prepared to) go to the stake for/over something British EnglishBrERISK to be willing to do anything to protect or defend an idea or belief （准备）为保护[捍卫]某事物甘冒巨大风险
 That’s my opinion, but I wouldn’t go to the stake for it.
那是我的观点，但我也不会非要坚持。
10  pull up stakes  (also up stakes British English) informalLEAVE A PLACE to leave your job or home 辞职；离家；搬家
 We’re going to pull up stakes and move to Montana.
我们打算把家搬到蒙大拿州去。
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pull up stakes• Moreover, when a business pulls up stakes or downsizes, an entire program can wither overnight.• Our family pulled up stakes every few years when Dad was in the Army.• So, he pulled up stakes and moved to Allen County to oversee a farm.• Sometimes, staying put is a greater act of courage than pulling up stakes and starting anew.
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stake• She went into business by acquiring a stake in a copper mine in Australia.• This is partly because of the importance of the interests at stake in immigration decisions: personal safety and liberty.• The teacher himself, of course, has his job, his reputation and possibly his marriage at stake.• There was simply too much at stake to leave things to chance.• As part of labor concession agreements with other airlines, the Airline Pilots Association has sought an equity stake in USAir.• The American investor boosted his stake in the company to 15%.• China has a major stake in the project.• Its main partner is Scandinavian Broadcasting Systems, a media firm in which Disney has a 23 percent stake.• The move puts off a decision on the question for at least several months, but it may well raise the stakes.
hold/have a stake in something• Dow Jones and Intel also have stakes in Sohu.• Both countries have a stake in using the World Trade Organization and in not allowing trade disputes to poison bilateral relations.• Many have a stake in the present system.• We want all our people to share in growing prosperity and to have a stake in the country's future.• Pharmaceuticals and health-products firms, which have a stake in Medicaid and Medicare reforms, $ 1. 3 million.• The decisions will be made at the appropriate level by those who have a stake in them.• And the more you borrow, the more the bank will have a stake in your success.• They reasoned that, if neither main party won a commanding majority, both would have a stake in negotiating rather than fighting.
stake2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  RISKto risk losing something that is valuable or important to you on the result of something 以…打赌，拿…冒险
stake something on somebody/something
 Kevin is staking his reputation on the success of the project.
凯文把自己的名誉都押在这个项目上，赌它一定会成功。
 Jim staked his whole fortune on one card game.
吉姆把自己的全部财产都押在一次牌局中。
2  I’d stake my life on it spoken used when saying that you are completely sure that something is true, or that something will happen 我敢以性命打赌
 I’m sure that’s Jesse – I’d stake my life on it.
我肯定那人就是杰西——我敢以性命打赌。
3  (also stake up)FASTEN/DO UP to support something with stakes 用桩支撑
 Young trees have to be staked.
小树必须用桩子支撑。
4  (also stake off)MEASURE to mark or enclose an area of ground with stakes 用标桩标出[围起]〔某一地区〕
5  stake (out) a claim OWNto say publicly that you think you have a right to have or own something 公开声明（对…）拥有所有权
Examples from the Corpus
stake (out) a claim• It was in her desperate kisses, the way she clutched at him, her hands roving possessively, staking out claims.• He may have staked a claim for a regular place, particularly if Steven Gerrard is not fit.• Weedy horrors Weeds are opportunists, quick to stake a claim for any vacant patch of ground they find.• It is another chance for Beagrie to stake a claim in his helter - skelter Goodison career.• Oxford blew their chance to stake a claim in the promotion race.• Both countries have staked a claim to the islands.• We staked claim to the two-man tents set on a steep slope in the rain forest.• In the last six months, two fledgling dirt-shirt companies have staked claims to this earthy enterprise.• Griffey has already staked a claim to this year's Most Valuable Player award.• Others will have already staked a claim with tripods and telescopes.
6 stake something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v informal 
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stake out• Presumably the house was still empty, and they were staking it out.• It was later spotted in Cambridge, where police staked it out and arrested Kenney when he returned to it.• He'd have Jamieson stake it out for one more night, then he'd have to abandon the issue.
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stake• Others will have already staked a claim with tripods and telescopes.• Shastri died in 1966, and Indira Gandhi staked her claim.• She'd stake her life - and her love for him - on that.• One time he even staked his house on a roll of the dice.• Part of the park was staked off to allow the grass to grow back.• It was in her desperate kisses, the way she clutched at him, her hands roving possessively, staking out claims.• All the meetings seemed to end up the same lately with everyone bickering and staking out political ground.• Long ago Maude and lack had staked out their territories.• He promised Draper and Berry that he would not stake the existence of Virgin on the airline.• I spent the afternoon staking up our tomato plants.
stake something on somebody/something• She didn't want to stake her son's future on one doctor's opinion.• Bush staked much on the ability of Gorbachev to continue his reforms.
From Longman Business Dictionary
stakestake1 /steɪk/ noun
1[countableC]FINANCE money risked or invested in a business
He has a stake in some liquid assets that could be used for income or held on to as a safety net.
Analysts expect the company to sell its large stake in the HongKong bank.
→ equity stake → majority stake → minority stake
2be at stake if something that you value very much is at stake, you will lose it if a plan or action is not successful
If we lose the contract, hundreds of jobs are at stake.
3[countableC] money risked on the result of something, especially a horse raceSYN BET
a $100 stake
4stakes [plural] used to talk about how much risk there is in a particular activity
For foreign investors, high stakes are involved.
5play for high stakes if you play for high stakes, you are in a situation where you gain or lose a lot
stakestake2 verb
→ stake something on something
Origin stake1
Old English staca “sharp post”
stake1 nounstake2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2769 COCA: 2591
stake

noun¹

 1 ( stakes) amount that could be won/lost賭注ADJECTIVE | VERB + STAKE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤big, high大賭注；高額賭注▸➤low, small小額賭注；小賭注➤personal個人利害關係◇He has a personal stake in the outcome of the war.戰爭的結果與他有切身的利害關係。➤emotional, political情感／政治賭注◇The political stakes are high.政治賭注很高。VERB + STAKE➤play for下賭注◇They always play for high stakes.他們總是下大賭注。➤raise提高賭注▸➤lower降低賭注PREPOSITION➤at stake在危險中；成問題◇He will face the investigation with his reputation at stake.他將面臨調查，名聲難保。PHRASES➤with so much at stake風險如此之大◇With so much at stake, we can't afford to make mistakes.事關重大，我們絕對不能犯錯誤。
stake

noun²

 2share of a company, etc.公司的股份ADJECTIVE | VERB + STAKE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤controlling, large, majority, significant, substantial控制性股權；多數權益；多數股份；數額相當大的股本▸➤minority, small少數股權；少量股份▸➤direct直接股份▸➤equity, financial, ownership (especially NAmE) 股權；財政權益；所有權股份◇IBM will take an 18% ownership stake in the new company.國際商用機器公司將佔有新公司 18% 的所有權股份。➤20%, 30%, etc. * 20%、30% 等的股權VERB + STAKE➤have, own擁有股本▸➤acquire, buy, take獲得股份；購買股份▸➤sell出售股份▸➤build up, increase, raise增加股份▸➤cut, reduce減少股份PREPOSITION➤stake in在⋯中的股本◇She acquired a 4% direct stake in the company.她獲得了這家公司 4% 的直接股份。
stake

noun³

 3 (especially BrE) situation involving competition比賽PHRASES➤in the... stakes在⋯比賽中◇She was determined to win in the fashion stakes.她決意要在時裝比賽中獲勝。◇Beckham was high in the popularity stakes.貝克漢姆的受歡迎程度很高。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2769 COCA: 2591
stake noun
⇨ involvement
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2769 COCA: 2591
stake
Investing and investments: annuity, arbitrage, blue chip...
Involvement and participation: involvement, participation, intervention...
Money involved in gambling: chip, jackpot, kitty...
Risks, threats and dangers: risk, hazard, menace...
Long and thin objects: line, strip, stick...
The punishment of being legally killed: behead, capital punishment, the chair...
Horse racing and other horse riding competitions: accumulator, Ascot, betting shop...
Sports events and competitions: battle/war of nerves, bye, card...
To take risks: risk, dare, jeopardize...
To gamble money: gamble, bet, stake...

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