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

• Now, Canadian officials and executives also are betting their future on China.
  如今，加拿大的官员和企业高管们转而把他们的未来押在了中国身上。
• People were betting on a further easing of credit conditions.
  人们期待着贷款条件进一步放宽。
• 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。
• Foreigners are fond of betting.
  外国人喜欢打赌。
• 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。
• I would say that would be a bad bet, if you were betting.
  如果你下注的话，我会说那是很烂的赌注。
• He has lost a lot of money betting on the dogs.
  他因赌赛狗输了很多钱。
• Racing has always had a symbiotic relationship with betting.
  赛马总是与赌博相挂钩。
• Some fund managers have already reduced exposure to emerging markets, betting on a big fall in prices.
  一些基金经理已经减少了在新兴市场的配置，押注价格将大幅下跌。
• 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。