喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˈɡæmblɪŋ/賭博

    when people risk money or things they own on the result of something nobody can be sure about, such as a card game or a horse race.

    gambling 講的不是「賭一次」，而是「拿錢去賭結果」這整件事、這種活動，所以它是不可數名詞，不說 a gambling，也沒有 gamblings。它是動詞 gamble 加 -ing 變成的名詞，一種想法是：裡面永遠有兩樣東西——你拿出真的東西（錢或財物），以及一個現在還沒有人知道的結果。這條線可以串起它的各種用法：the lottery is a form of gambling（樂透是賭博的一種）、gambling debts（賭博欠下的錢）、a gambling problem（停不下來的狀況）。要講「一次冒險」用單數的 a gamble，講「賭的人」用 gambler。

    示範例句 · Example

    In most countries, gambling is not allowed for anyone under eighteen.

    中文翻譯在大多數國家，賭博對任何未滿十八歲的人都是不被允許的。

    常見搭配

    • a form of gambling

      賭博的一種形式

      one of the ways in which people gamble

      The report counted card games and horse races as forms of gambling.

    • illegal gambling

      非法賭博

      gambling that the law does not allow

      The police closed several places used for illegal gambling.

    • a gambling problem

      賭博的問題（停不下來）

      the situation of not being able to stop gambling

      His family found out he had a gambling problem and looked for help.

    • gambling debts

      賭債

      money someone owes because of gambling

      She spent two years paying off her gambling debts.

    • be addicted to gambling

      對賭博上癮

      to be unable to stop gambling

      He admitted that he was addicted to gambling and joined a support group.

    • online gambling

      線上賭博

      gambling done on the internet

      Many countries now have new rules for online gambling.

    • encourage gambling

      鼓勵（助長）賭博

      to make people more likely to gamble

      Some members argued that the advertisements encourage gambling.

    意思相近

    bettinggamingwagering

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

gamble + -ing.

由 gamble 加上 -ing 組成。

Wiktionary

Putting money on an outcome nobody can know in advance — the cards are still face down, the horses have not finished, and once the money is on the table you have handed the result over to chance.

可以想成把錢押在一件還沒有人知道結果的事情上。牌還蓋著、馬還沒跑完、球賽還沒結束，你先把錢放上桌——放上去的那一刻，決定權就交給了運氣。這個字的重心在那個「不確定」：如果結果是可以算出來的，那就不叫 gambling 了。押上去的也不一定是現金，房子、車子、任何有價值的東西都算。

同家族的字

意思相近

bettinggamingwagering

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

gamblingnoun/ˈɡæm.bl̩.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    An activity characterized by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by skill and/or chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

    • He lost a fortune through gambling at casinos.
    • Online gambling has become a global industry.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。