gambling

英 [ˈɡæmblɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡæmblɪŋ]

n.  赌博; 打赌; 赌钱
v.  (牌戏、赛马等中)赌博，打赌; 冒风险; 碰运气; 以…为赌注
gamble的现在分词

现在分词：gambling　

Oxford 3000 / BNC.9621 / COCA.5064

牛津词典

noun

• 赌博；打赌；赌钱
  the activity of playing games of chance for money and of betting on horses, etc.
  1. heavy gambling debts
     沉重的赌债

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 赌博；赌钱
  Gamblingis the act or activity of betting money, for example in card games or on horse racing.
  1. Gambling is a form of entertainment.
     赌博是一种娱乐。
  2. ...gambling casinos.
     赌场

英英释义

noun

• the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
  1. his gambling cost him a fortune
  2. there was heavy play at the blackjack table
  Synonym:gamingplay

双语例句

• He squander his time and money in gambling.
  他在赌博中浪费了他的时间和金钱。
• He needed money to feed his addiction to gambling
  他需要钱来满足他的赌瘾。
• The men have been gambling away all night.
  那些人赌了整整一夜。
• I want you to help me stop my son gambling.
  我想你帮我制止我儿子赌博。
• Their taste for gambling has endeared them to Las Vegas casino owners
  他们因好赌而深受拉斯维加斯赌场老板的欢迎。
• Games are as harmful as alcohol, drugs and gambling, that's the prejudice.
  他们认为玩游戏和酒精、毒品和赌博的害处一样大。
• Gambling is a form of entertainment.
  赌博是一种娱乐。
• I was misled by my elder brother into a life of drinking and gambling.
  我被我的哥哥引入喝酒和赌博的生活歧途中。
• We're not talking a murder here; we're talking poker machines or gambling — things that are misdemeanors in most states
  我们现在讨论的不是谋杀，而是扑克机或赌博——这些在多数州只能算轻罪了。
• Gambling is a public plague.
  赌博是社会公害之一。