wager的过去式

1. the act of gambling;

   "he did it on a bet"
   

2. the money risked on a gamble

1. stake on the outcome of an issue;

   "I bet $100 on that new horse"
   "She played all her money on the dark horse"
   

2. maintain with or as if with a bet;

   "I bet she will be there!"
   

1.押(赌注);打赌
If youwager 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.

e.g. Just because people wagered on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them...
人们将赌注下在扬基队上并不说明就喜欢他们。
e.g. 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。

2.(表示很确定)打赌，保证
If you say that you willwager that something is the case, you mean you are confident that it is the case.

e.g. She was willing towager that he didn't own the apartment he lived in...
她愿意打赌他居住的公寓并不属于他。
e.g. I'llwager she'll still make the same impact when she's 70.
我敢打赌，她就算到了70岁，影响力也会不减当年。

• wager of law宣誓断讼法
• win a wager赌赢
• win one's wager打赌赢了
• lay a wager打赌
• A wager is a fool's argument.只有傻瓜才以打赌来解...
• wager on确保(担保)
• lose a wager打赌输了

• Old-timers..lay wagers on the exact day and hour it will occur.

  出自：A. Dillard

• I'd wager house and field That..he has it yet.

  出自：Wordsworth

• Stirner wagered Dr. Bernhardt two loaves.., a..stake that might have meant life or death for some inmates.

  出自：J. Hersey

• More that $1 billion is wagered annually at state tracks.

  出自：Atlantic City