gamble

英['gæmb(ə)l] 美['ɡæmbl]

反义词

复数: gambles;第三人称单数: gambles;过去式: gambled;过去分词: gambled;现在分词: gambling;名词: gambler;

1、gam- "play, game" + -b- + -le.
2、-b-最初是由于与gambol搞混淆了，其后，就将错就错了。
3、game => gamble.
4. 谐音“敢不？敢博” => 敢于冒险赌博一把，敢于冒险赌一把。=> 赌博、冒险、投机。

gamble 赌博

来自game, 游戏，打赌。

gamble: gamble: [18] Although its ancestry has never been established beyond all doubt, it seems overwhelmingly likely that gamble is essentially the same word as game (in which the sense ‘gamble’ is preserved in such contexts as gaming tables and betting and gaming). The Middle English form of game was gamen, and it is thought that this may have produced a variant form gamel (recorded in the 16th century) which in due course became gamble.
=> game
gamble (v.): "risk something of value on a game of chance," 1726 (implied in gambling), from a dialectal survival of Middle English gammlen, variant of gamenen "to play, jest, be merry," from Old English gamenian "to play, joke, pun," from gamen (see game (n.)), with form as in fumble, etc. Or possibly gamble is from a derivative of gamel "to play games" (1590s), itself likely a frequentative from game. Originally regarded as a slang word. The intrusive -b- may be from confusion with unrelated gambol (v.). Transitive meaning "to squander in gambling" is from 1808. Related: Gambled; gambling.
gamble (n.): "risky venture," 1823, from gamble (v.). As "an act of gambling" by 1879.

1. They are not prepared to gamble their careers on this matter.: 他们不愿意把自己的事业押在这件事上。

2. Most people visit Las Vegas to gamble their hard-earned money.: 大多数人拿着辛苦挣来的钱去拉斯维加斯赌博。

3. Punters are expected to gamble £70m on the Grand National.: 预计众多赌马者会在国家大马赛上下注7,000万英镑。

4. Procter & Gamble is the leader in the mass market cosmetics industry.: 宝洁是大众化妆品行业中的领头羊。

5. So far it looks like Warner Brothers' gamble is paying off.: 目前看来，华纳兄弟公司这一赌注下对了。