stake

noun

1. a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground

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

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

e.g. a pair of posts marked the goal
the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake

Synonym: post

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

e.g. they have interests all over the world
a stake in the company's future

Synonym: interest

5. the money risked on a gamble

Synonym: stakesbetwager

verb

1. place a bet on

e.g. Which horse are you backing?
I'm betting on the new horse

Synonym: bet onbackgagegamepunt

2. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

e.g. the enemies were impaled and left to die

Synonym: impale

3. mark with a stake

e.g. stake out the path

Synonym: post

4. tie or fasten to a stake

e.g. stake your goat

5. put at risk

e.g. I will stake my good reputation for this

Synonym: venturehazardadventurejeopardize

1. 处于危险境地;处于成败关头
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. (比赛或行动的)赌注，风险
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 将…押(在…);以…打赌;拿…冒险
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. He has staked his reputation on the outcome.
他将自己的名声赌在了这个结果上。

4. 利害关系;重大利益;(企业等中的)股本，股份
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

5. 比赛;竞赛
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes .

e.g. 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。

6. 桩
A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.

7. 提出权利要求;主张权利
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

相关词组：stake out

1. stake的意思

1. 桩：那是道暗门,要走近了才看的到)在里面的血池里有一把不错的权杖,不过你要点击两次才能拿到,而且还有可能会因此得病继续往里走,在尽头的屋子里有3具棺材,你可以用手里的木桩(stake)把里面的吸血鬼钉死(每个有9000点经验值),

2. 木桩：他说有一根刺,是指一个很大的木桩(stake)用力打击他的肉体,就是撒但的差役在攻击他. 这是指着撒但所差来的人来打击,来折磨欺负保罗,使他非常痛苦难过. 保罗为这事三次求告主,叫这刺离开他,但是神却没有为他去掉困难.