押錢:賭
核心畫面最字面的一種:押上去的是真的錢。
bet money · verb · C2
To put money or things you own at risk on a game or a race, hoping to win, when you cannot be sure what will happen.
賭博
核心畫面
You can think of it as: putting something you own down on an outcome you cannot control, then waiting to see. The money on the table, the cards not yet turned over — you might walk away richer, you might walk away with nothing.
你把自己手上有的東西押下去,而結果不歸你管,只能等著看。錢已經放在桌上,牌還沒翻開;可能拿回兩倍,也可能一毛不剩。重…更多收起
你把自己手上有的東西押下去,而結果不歸你管,只能等著看。錢已經放在桌上,牌還沒翻開;可能拿回兩倍,也可能一毛不剩。重點不是「玩」,而是「押上去之後就收不回來了」——你交出了控制權,換一個可能變好的機會。這個字底下的三個用法,差別只在押的是什麼、以及是講那個動作還是講那件事。Three branches
押人生:冒險一搏
押的東西從錢換成前途、名聲、時間,但「交出控制權換一個機會」的動作一模一樣。
take a big risk · verb · C2
To take a big risk, hoping things will go your way, even though they might not.
冒險一搏
那件事本身:一場賭
同一個畫面,但視角從「做這件事」換成「這件事是什麼」——動作凝固成一個可以指著談的東西。
a risky venture · noun · C2
A risky action or plan that might fail, but that you still hope will work.
冒險
原始詞典資料8 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。
Gamblename
- 1
A surname from Old Norse.
gamblenoun/ˈɡæm.bəl/
- 1
A bet or wager.
- I had a gamble on the horses last weekend.
- 2
A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
- 3
A risky venture.
- The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.
gambleverb/ˈɡæm.bəl/
- 1
To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
- 2
To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
- Mark won half a million dollars gambling on horses.
- 3
To risk (something) for potential gain.
- He gambled his reputation on the outcome.
- 4
To interact with equipment at a casino.
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。