英汉词典

stake 基本解释

• n. 桩，棍子；赌注；火刑；奖金
• vt. 资助，支持；系…于桩上；把…押下打赌
• vi. 打赌
• n. (Stake)人名；(瑞典)斯塔克

stake 词态变化

stake 中文词源

来自古英语 staca,桩，钉，销子，来自 Proto-Germanic*stakon,棍，棒，柱子，来自 PIE*steg, 棍，棒，柱子，词源同 stack,stick.

stake 英文词源

stake

stake: [OE] Stake ‘post’ comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base *stak-, *stek-, *stik- ‘pierce, prick’, which also produced English attach, stick, stockade, etc. It may be that stake ‘wager’ [16] is the same word, alluding to a supposed former practice of putting the object wagered (such as one’s shirt) on a post before the start of the contest.
=> attach, stick, stockade

stake (n.1)

"pointed stick or post," Old English staca "pin, stake," from Proto-Germanic *stakon (cognates: Old Norse stiaki, Danish stage, Old Frisian stake, Middle Dutch stake, Dutch staak, German stake), from PIE root *steg- (1) "pole, stick." The Germanic word has been borrowed in Spanish (estaca), Old French (estaque), and Italian stacca) and was borrowed back as attach.

Meaning "post upon which persons were bound for death by burning" is recorded from c. 1200. Meaning "vertical bar affixed to the edge of a platform of s truck, rail car, etc., to hold boards to keep the load from falling off" is from 1875; hence stake-body as a type of truck (1907). In pull up stakes, "The allusion is to pulling up the stakes of a tent" [Bartlett].

stake (v.1)

early 14c., "to mark (land) with stakes," from stake (n.1). Hence, to stake a claim (1857). Meaning "to maintain surveilance" (usually stake out) is first recorded 1942, American English colloquial, probably form earlier sense of "mark off territory." Related: Staked; staking. Old English had stacung "piercing of an effigy by a pin or stake" (in witchcraft); staccan "pierce with a stake, spit."

stake (v.2)

"to risk, wager," 1520s, perhaps from notion of "post on which a gambling wager was placed" (see stake (n.2)), though Weekley suggests "there is a tinge of the burning or baiting metaphor" in this usage. Meaning "to maintain surveillance" (usually stake out) is first recorded 1942, American English colloquial, probably form earlier sense of "mark off territory." Related: Staked; staking.

stake (n.2)

"that which is placed at hazard," 1530s, from stake (v.). Perhaps literally "that which is put up," from notion of "post on which a gambling wager was placed," though OED points out there is "no evidence of the existence of such a custom." Weekley suggests "there is a tinge of the burning or baiting metaphor" in this usage. Hence, "an interest, something to gain or lose" (1784). Plural stakes, "sum of money to be won in a (horse) race," first recorded 1690s (compare sweepstakes). To have a stake in is recorded from 1784.

stake 词组搭配

stake 英文释义

1. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something;

"they have interests all over the world"

"a stake in the company's future"

2. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track);

"a pair of posts marked the goal"

"the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"

3. instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning

4. the money risked on a gamble

stake 双语例句

1. Dig a largish hole and bang the stake in first.

挖一个大点儿的洞，先把木桩敲进去。

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2. Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress.

简决心主张自己作为一名女演员的权利。

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3. Competition has been fierce to win a stake in Skoda.

争夺斯柯达股份的竞争极为激烈。

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4. At stake are more than 20,000 jobs in Britain's aerospace sector.

英国航天部门2万多人面临失业的危险。

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5. At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks.

世界贸易谈判正处于成败的重要关头。

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stake 实用场景例句

Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake .

圣女贞德被处以火刑。

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a 20% stake in the business

那家公司20%的股份

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She has a personal stake in the success of the play.

这出戏成功与否对她个人有重大利害关系。

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Many young people no longer feel they have a stake in society.

很多年轻人不再觉得他们与社会休戚相关。

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How much was the stake (= how much did you bet) ?

下了多少注？

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They were playing cards for high stakes (= a lot of money) .

他们当时正在打扑克，赌注很高。

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We cannot afford to take risks when peoples' lives are at stake.

现在人命交关，不容我们有闪失。

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The prize at stake is a place in the final.

这次如果获胜，便能进入决赛。

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John doesn't do too well in the personality stakes.

论人格魅力，约翰很一般。

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He staked £25 on the favourite (= for example, in horse racing) .

他在那匹众人看好的马上押了25英镑。

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She staked her political career on tax reform, and lost.

她把自己的政治前程押在税制改革上，结果赌输了。

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That's him over there─I'd stake my life on it (= I am completely confident) .

就是那边那个人——我敢拿脑袋打赌。

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to stake newly planted trees

用木桩支撑新植的树

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Adams staked his claim for a place in the Olympic team with his easy win yesterday.

亚当斯昨天轻松获胜，这无异于告诉人们奥运代表队中应有他的位置。

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The President staked out his position on the issue.

总统明确阐述了他在这个问题上的立场。

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Detectives had been staking out the house for several weeks.

侦探们已对这所房子监视了几个星期。

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The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake...

对于一场成败攸关的比赛来说气氛自然非常紧张。

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At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks...

世界贸易谈判正处于成败的重要关头。

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The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups...

游戏通常在两大集团之间进行，下的赌注一般都很大。

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By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes...

逮捕了该组织的两名主要头目后，政府和军队现在面临的风险更大了。

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He has staked his political future on an election victory...

他把自己的政治前途押在竞选获胜上。

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He has staked his reputation on the outcome.

他将自己的名声赌在了这个结果上。

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He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts...

他渴望回到一个更多参与创业的角色，那样他所付出的努力会与自己的经济利益息息相关。

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Detectives now believe the Mafia also had a stake in the plot and killed him when it went wrong.

侦探们现在相信黑手党在这个阴谋中也有利害关系，并在事败后杀了他。

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Britain lags behind in the European childcare stakes.

英国在儿童保育方面落后于欧洲其他国家。

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Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress...

简决心主张自己作为一名女演员的权利。

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Baguet's success staked his claim for a place in Belgium's world championship team.

巴古埃特的成功使他有资格成为比利时世界锦标赛参赛队伍中的一员。

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