stake

[steik]

n.桩, 赌注, 利害关系
v.用桩支撑, 下注

例句与用法：

Detectives have been staking out the house for two days now.

警方的侦查人员已对这座房子监视两天了。

He drove a stake into the ground.

他向地里打了一根桩子。

He staked a claim to the land where he'd found the gold.

他在发现黄金的那块土地上立下界标以表明他的所有权。

I have staked all my hopes on you.

我已经把我所有的希望都寄托在你身上了。

词形变化：

动词过去式: staked | 动词过去分词: staked | 动词现在分词: staking | 动词第三人称单数: stakes |

详细释义：

n.

1. 桩, 标桩; 棍子, 棒[C]

He put up a stake to support the newly planted tree.

他竖了一根桩支撑新种的树。

2. 火刑柱; 大刑, 火刑[the S]

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

圣女贞德被烧死在火刑柱上。

3. 股本, 股份; 利害关系[C][(+in)]

Each of us has a stake in the future of our country.

我们国家的未来与我们每个人都利害相关。

4. 赌金, 赌注[P1]

The old ladies played for small stakes just for amusement.

老太太们下小赌注赌钱只是为了取乐。

5. (赛马等的)奖金; 有奖赛马, 有奖比赛[P1]

He made a twenty-dollar bet at the stakes.

他在有奖赛马上下了二十美元的赌注。

6. 危险, 风险[U]

My whole future was at stake.

我的未来吉凶未卜。

vt.

1. 把……押下打赌, 拿……冒险[(+on)]

He staked all his money on the risky business.

他将所有的钱都押在这个有风险的生意上。

2. 系……于桩上; 以桩支撑[(+up)]

He planted and staked all the new trees.

他栽了许多新树, 并用桩全部支撑好。

3. 用桩标出的界限[(+out/off)]

The gold miner staked out his claim.

那位淘金者立桩标出他的地界。

4. 用桩围住[(+up/in)]

5. 【美】【口】资助, 支持

I'll stake you to a dinner if you'll come.

如果你愿意来, 我请你吃饭。

短语词组：

at stake

1. 在危急关头

The life of the patient is at stake.

病人的生命在危急中。

stake out

1. 监视

The hotel has been staked out for some time by the police.

这家旅馆已被警方监视了一段时间。