betting

英 [ˈbetɪŋ]

美 [ˈbetɪŋ]

n.  打赌; 赌钱
v.  下赌注(于); 用…打赌; 敢说; 八成儿
bet的现在分词

现在分词：betting　复数：bettings　

法律

Oxford 3000 / BNC.12238 / COCA.16416

习惯用语

n.

what's the betting…?the betting is that…
• 很可能；大概会
  it seems likely that…
• What's the betting that he gets his own way?
  你认为他可能会独行其是吗？
• The betting is that he'll get his own way.
  他很可能会得逞。

牛津词典

noun

• 打赌；赌钱
  the act of risking money, etc. on the unknown result of an event
  1. illegal betting
     非法赌钱

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 很有可能；十有八九
  If you saythe betting isthat something will happen or is true, you are suggesting that it is very likely to happen or to be true.
  1. The betting is that the experience will make Japan more competitive still.
     这场经历很有可能使日本更具竞争力。

英英释义

adj

• preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
  1. led a dissipated life
  2. a betting man
  3. a card-playing son of a bitch
  4. a gambling fool
  5. sporting gents and their ladies
  Synonym:dissipatedcard-playingsporting

双语例句

• Subprime lending is a gamble between financial institutions and borrowers, betting for the time and probability of borrowers'fink-out.
  次贷是金融机构与借款者进行赌博，赌的就是借款者背信发生的时间和概率。
• If I was a betting man.
  如果我是个好赌的人。
• I'm betting we can match your fist to at least one of these bruises.
  这些瘀伤里总有能和你拳头对上号的。
• I thought nothing of betting £ 1,000 on a horse.
  我认为把1,000英镑押在一匹马身上没什么了不起。
• I'm betting on one of these.
  我打赌是其中的一个。
• The party is betting that the presidential race will turn into a battle for younger voters
  该党期待这次总统竞选变成一场争取年轻一代选民的斗争。
• Many hedge funds have been betting on oil prices to rise while financial stocks fall.
  许多对冲基金迄今押注油价上升而金融股下跌。
• Instead of using the money to pay his rent, he went to a betting shop and lost the lot in half an hour.
  他没有拿钱去交房租，而是去了投注站，半小时内就把这笔钱全输光了。
• He shook his head. No, son I'm betting on you.
  他摇了下他的头，不孩子，我赌你。
• This is why markets may be inefficient and yet private investors cannot easily make money betting against them.
  这就是虽然市场也许无效，但私人投资者与市场对赌却无法轻松赚钱的原因。