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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。
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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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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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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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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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stake2 verb [transitiveT]  
1 RISKto risk losing something that is valuable or important to you on the result of something 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
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6stake something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v informal 
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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
Origin stake1
Old English staca sharp post
stake1 nounstake2 verb
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