bet
verbVerb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they bet | |
he / she / it bets | |
past simple bet | |
past participle bet | |
-ing form betting |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to risk money on a race or an event by trying to predict the result 下赌注(于);用…打赌 You have to be over 16 to bet. 赌博者年龄不得低于 16 岁。 - bet on/against somebody/something doing something
I wouldn't bet on them winning the next election. 下一次选举我不会赌他们赢。 Not many people are betting against France retaining their title. 赌法国队不能卫冕的人不是很多。 - bet on/against something
He likes betting on horses and watching table tennis. 他喜欢赌马和看乒乓球。 - bet something on something
He bet $2 000 on the final score of the game. 他下 2 000 美元赌比赛的最后比分。 - bet something
You shouldn't praise a gambler for betting his life savings if he wins. 如果一个赌徒赢了,你不应该表扬他用毕生的积蓄打赌。 - bet somebody something (that)
She bet me £20 (that) I wouldn't do it. 她和我打 20 英镑的赌,说我不会那么做。 - bet somebody (that)
I bet her (that) the Democrats would not win. 我跟她打赌民主党不会赢。 - bet something (that)
He bet ten dollars (that) he could write a complete story in just six words. 他赌十美元,赌他能用六个字写出一个完整的故事。
- [transitive] (informal)
used to say that you are almost certain that something is true or that something will happen 敢说;八成儿 - bet (that)…
I bet (that) we’re too late. 我们八成儿太晚了。 You can bet (that) the moment I sit down, the phone will ring. 几乎可以肯定,我一坐下,电话铃就会响起来。 I'm willing to bet (that) the analysts will be wrong. 我敢打赌分析师们会错。 - bet somebody (that)…
I’ll bet you (that) he knows all about it. 我敢说他了解一切。
More Like This Verbs with two objectsVerbs with two objectsTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2, Opinion and argumentb2 - bet (that)…
Word Originlate 16th cent.: perhaps a shortening of the obsolete noun abet ‘abetment’.
Idioms
bet the farm/ranch on something
- (North American English, informal)
to risk everything you have on an investment, a bet, etc. 赌上全部身家 The company bet the farm on the new marketing model, only to find that it wasn’t successful. 公司把全部身家都赌在了新的营销模式上,结果却并不成功。
I/I’ll bet! (informal)
used to show that you can understand what somebody is feeling, describing, etc. (表示理解)有同感,当然 used to tell somebody that you do not believe what they have just said (表示不相信对方的话)
I wouldn’t bet on it | don’t bet on it
you bet!
- (informal)
used instead of ‘yes’ to emphasize that somebody has guessed something correctly or made a good suggestion Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2的确;当然
you can bet your life/your bottom dollar (on something/(that)…)
- (informal)
used to say that you are certain that something will happen Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2肯定;毫无疑问