- [intransitive, transitive] to bet money打賭;押(賭注) synonym bet
- wager on something She always wagered on an outsider.她總是把賭注押在不大可能獲勝的馬上。
- wager something (on something) to wager £50 on a horse在一匹馬上押 50 英鎊的賭注
- wager something/somebody that… I had wagered a great deal of money that I would beat him.我下了大賭注打賭,這次比賽我會赢他的。
- [transitive] wager (that)… used to say that you are so confident that something is true or will happen that you would be willing to bet money on it打賭;打包票 synonym bet
- I'll wager that she knows more about it than she's saying.我敢打賭,她知道的比她說的要多。
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.