at stake
表示某事物面临得失的风险，是固定短语。
His reputation is at stake.
他的名声岌岌可危。
赌注；赌金；桩；木桩；标桩；火刑柱；小铁砧；(法律)对某物的权利或法律份额；财务参与
a share or interest in a business, project, or situation
A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
(法律)对某物的权利或法律份额；财务参与
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
用于标记某物的杆或桩(如赛道的起点或终点)
a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
一种处决工具,由一个竖立的柱子组成,受害者被绑在上面烧死
instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
We tied the young tree to a wooden stake so it would grow straight.
我们把小树绑在木桩上，让它能长直。
用法提示：这里 stake 作名词，指用来支撑小树的木桩。
AI contextual example
The campers drove metal stakes into the ground to hold the tent in place.
露营者把金属桩打进地里，以固定帐篷。
用法提示：stakes 是名词复数，指固定帐篷的桩子。
AI contextual example
He marked the edge of the garden with a tall stake and some string.
他用一根高桩和绳子标出花园的边界。
用法提示：stake 作名词，指用作标记的桩子。
AI contextual example
表示某事物面临得失的风险，是固定短语。
His reputation is at stake.
他的名声岌岌可危。
指拥有某事的利益或部分所有权。
She has a stake in the company.
她在这家公司有股份。
用于物理意义上的打桩。
He drove a stake into the ground to mark the spot.
他在地上打了一根桩来标记位置。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have a steak in the company.
正确表达I have a stake in the company.
steak 意为“牛排”，而 stake 意为“股份、利益”。混淆这两个词是常见的拼写和发音错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子My reputation is on stake.
正确表达My reputation is at stake.
固定搭配应为 at stake，表示“处于危险中、得失攸关”，而非 on stake。介词使用错误。
反义词用于‘赌注’义项：某项有风险的资金或利益，相反为没有任何风险的确定性。
stake指桩子、赌注或股份；steak指肉片、牛排，两者发音相似但意义完全不同。
高赌注
They are playing for high stakes.
他们正在为高赌注而玩。
成败攸关
Our reputation is at stake.
我们的声誉岌岌可危。
公司股份
He bought a stake in the company.
他买下了这家公司的股份。
木桩
The tent was secured with wooden stakes.
帐篷用木桩固定了。
提高赌注
The new competitor raised the stakes.
新竞争者提高了赌注。
noun
noun
与stake同属赌博相关词汇，表示赌注或下注。
赌场中用于下注的圆片，常与stake（赌注）一同出现。
赌博中赢钱的可能性，与stake（赌注）计算收益相关。
在法律或财务语境中，stake可指份额或权益，interest同义。
stake的物理意义为桩或柱，post为同义词。
处于危险中；成败攸关
There's a lot at stake in this negotiation.
这次谈判成败攸关。
提出要求；宣称所有权
He staked a claim to the land.
他宣称对这块土地拥有所有权。
监视；明确界定
Police staked out the building.
警方监视了那座建筑。
赌注比以往任何时候都高。
James Bond in Casino Royale, facing a high-stakes poker game.
詹姆斯·邦德在《皇家赌场》中面临一场高赌注的扑克游戏。
木桩穿心。
A common method to kill vampires in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
《吸血鬼猎人巴菲》中杀死吸血鬼的常见方法。
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