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You can picture 'bet' as putting money down on what you think will happen: if you're right you win, if you're wrong you lose. From that one act of staking on a prediction grow all the meanings — being sure, being safe, even an emphatic 'yes'.
可以把 bet 想成你把錢押在「我覺得會發生的事」上:猜對就贏、猜錯就賠。從這個「拿東西去押一個預測」的動作,長出了…更多收起
可以把 bet 想成你把錢押在「我覺得會發生的事」上:猜對就贏、猜錯就賠。從這個「拿東西去押一個預測」的動作,長出了所有用法——有時押的是錢,有時押的是你的把握,有時只是借用那股「我敢押」的篤定來表達強烈的肯定或懷疑。原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
BETnoun
- 1
An adsorption technique used to measure the specific surface area of a solid, typically using nitrogen gas at a temperature of 77 K.
Betname
- 1
A diminutive of the female name Elizabeth.
betnoun詞源 1/ˈbɛt/
- 1
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
- Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
- 2
informalA candidate (for elections and pageants) or competitor (in multinational sports).
- 3
Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon.
- It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.
- There's a decent bet that we'll be able to reach the top of that hill in an hour.
betverb詞源 1/ˈbɛt/
- 1
To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
- I('ll) bet I can run faster than you.
- I bet you dinner at the Ritz that you can't run faster than me.
- 2
To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
- Fancy going for a drink after work? / You bet I do!
- 3
card-gamespokerTo place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
betintj詞源 1/ˈbɛt/
- 1
Expression of general agreement or acceptance.
- Let me bust a freestyle then (Alright, bet)
- He asked if KRS could come by and meet up with a few of us there on Monday night, as he wanted to show him the church and have me build with him. Aight, bet.
- 2
Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal.
- What you may not have stopped to consider is that Big Clit Energy (here referred to as B.C.E.) has been around since... BCE! Eve? She looked sin in the eye and said, “Bet.”
- “(Drummer Brenden Accettura) texted me that and was like, ‘Should we name our band The Hot Mess Express?’ and I said, ‘Bet.’ So now that’s our name,” Abbie said, getting words out between laughs.
- 3
Exclamation of joy at good fortune.
- I started making jokes about him feeling like tough sh*t after that presentation haha. Everyone at school geeked his head up [inflated his ego]. He probably got two fruit cups from the lunch lady that day and said, “Bet! I’m gonna keep doing this!”
betprep詞源 3/ˈbɛt/
- 1
businessknittingmanufacturingbetween
- insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。