wager

英 ['weɪdʒə(r)] 好意思 ['weɪdʒər]

n.赌注；打赌v.打赌；押注

◉词源

14世纪参加英语，源自古北轨范语 wageure（典质、赌注），原指“誓词或典质物”，16世纪起特指赌博中的“赌注”，后膨大为动词“打赌”。构词身分：词根 wag/gage（典质、誓词）

◉外刊例句

① 《The Guardian》，2025

Drake is betting big on Jannik Sinner， wagering $300，000 on the world No 1 to win the US Open.

德雷克在詹尼克·辛纳身落魄大注，押30万好意思元赌宇宙第一得回好意思网。

② 《The New York Times》，开运(中国)2025

Now one of the biggest players in the business，2026世界杯滚球中国官网入口 Kalshi， is moving to make its contracts available to more bettors looking to wager on some of the biggest events.

该行业最大玩家之一Kalshi正在让更多赌徒能押注于一些最大事件。

◉经典名著

① 《Pride and Prejudice》，1813

I wager he will succeed in his endeavor.

我打赌他会告捷。

② Alexander Dumas

The wager was laid upon the outcome of the duel.

赌注押在了决斗的成果上。

◉ Usage Examples

(1) Would you care to have a small wager on the game?

(2) I made a wager that our team would win.

(3) They laid a wager on the result of the race.

(4) You won't find better goods anywhere else， I'll wager.

(5) I wager ten dollars on it.

(1) 你抖擞在这场比赛落魄个小赌注吗？

(2) 我打赌咱们的队会赢。

(3) 他们就竞赛的成果打赌。

(4) 你到哪儿也找不到比这个更好的货品，我敢打赌。

(5) 我对那件事下赌注十好意思元。

◉ Usage Notes

To wager is to bet: you might say to your fellow train passengers， "I'll wager ten dollars that we won't get to Chicago on time."

You can use the word wager as either a noun or a verb， to mean "place a bet" or "the amount of money being risked in a bet." So you could offer a wager at the poker table， or ask if anyone wants to wager on Monday's football game. Either way you use it， wager is a Middle English word that comes from the Old North French wage， "to pledge."

◉柯林斯辞书

1. [VERB 动词]押(赌注)；打赌 If you wager on the result of a horse race， football match， or other event， you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted， or which they keep if it is not. [V on n] [V n on n] [JOURNALISM 新闻]

Just because people wagered on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them...

东说念主们将赌注下在扬基队上并不讲明就心爱他们。

Golfers had wagered a good deal of money on Nick Faldo winning the championship.

高尔夫球手投下重注赌尼克·法尔多夺冠。

Wager is also a noun.

There have been various wagers on certain candidates since the Bishop announced his retirement.

自从大主教晓示退职后，东说念主们纷纷打赌臆度几位继任东说念主选。

2. [VERB 动词](默示很细目)打赌，保证 If you say that you will wager that something is the case， you mean you are confident that it is the case. [V that]

She was willing to wager that he didn't own the apartment he lived in...

她抖擞打赌他居住的公寓并不属于他。

I'll wager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70.

我敢打赌，她就算到了70岁开运体育，影响力也会不减过去。