raise the stakes
多用于比喻，指加大风险或提高竞争强度。
The rival firm raised the stakes by offering a bigger discount.
竞争对手通过提供更大的折扣提高了赌注。
赌注
风险；利害关系；赌博中押注的钱。；风险；赌注；利益；赌注；风险(stake的复数)
赌博中押注的钱。
The money wagered in gambling
风险；赌注
Risks
Before I signed the contract, I thought carefully about the stakes.
在签署合同之前，我仔细考虑了其中的风险。
用法提示：stakes作名词复数，表示“风险、利害关系”。
The stakes are too high to ignore the warning signs.
风险太大，不能忽视这些警示信号。
用法提示：stakes与high搭配，表示风险程度高。
For a small business, the stakes can feel huge when money is tight.
对于小企业来说，资金紧张时风险会显得很大。
用法提示：stakes在此作主语，指风险或利害关系。
多用于比喻，指加大风险或提高竞争强度。
The rival firm raised the stakes by offering a bigger discount.
竞争对手通过提供更大的折扣提高了赌注。
stakes 作主语时用复数，be 动词随语境变化。
The stakes are high, so every decision matters.
风险很高，所以每个决定都很重要。
保留赌博本义，指押上大笔钱。
They were playing for high stakes at the casino.
他们在赌场里下高额赌注。
grammar · medium
易错句子The stakes is very high in this negotiation.
正确表达The stakes are very high in this negotiation.
stakes 是复数名词，作主语时谓语动词要用 are；汉语没有主谓一致的变化，学习者容易误用单数 is。
grammar · medium
易错句子The safety of the passengers was in stake.
正确表达The safety of the passengers was at stake.
表示“处于危险中、生死攸关”的固定搭配是 at stake，介词用 at 而不用 in；汉语“在危险中”容易诱导学习者用 in。
bets 指一次一次具体的下注，常与 place/make 连用；stakes 更强调整体押上的钱或赌注总额，常见于 play for high stakes、raise the stakes 等表达。两者在“押上的钱”上偶有重叠，但 bets 更强调一次次下注。
ante 指牌局开始前每人先下的底注，常见于 up the ante（提高要求/风险）；stakes 指押上的钱或利害关系，常见于 raise the stakes。ante 更具体，stakes 范围更广。
risk 泛指可能发生的危险或损失；stakes 指某件事中可能输赢或得失的东西，常用复数，如 the stakes are high。说“风险高”通常用 risk，说“赌注/利害关系大”才用 stakes。
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