stake

2.[sing]火刑柱a wooden post that sb could be tied to in former times before being burnt to death(= killed by fire) as a punishment

3.[c]股本；股份money that sb invests in a company

4.[sing]~ in sth（在公司、计划等中的）重大利益，重大利害关系an important part or share in a business, plan, etc. that is important to you and that you want to be successful

5.[c]赌注something that you risk losing, especially money, when you try to predict the result of a race, game, etc., or when you are involved in an activity that can succeed or fail

at stake

成败难料；得失都可能；有风险that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action

go to the stake over/for sth

为坚持自己的观点（或信仰）甘冒一切危险；为维护自己的观点（或信仰）不惜赴汤蹈火to be prepared to do anything in order to defend your opinions or beliefs

in the… stakes

（评论一个人的某种品质高或低）要是比…的话，论…used to say how much of a particular quality a person has, as if they were in a competition in which some people are more successful than others

1.~ sth (on sth)（就某事）以…打赌，拿…冒险to risk money or sth important on the result of sth

2.~ sth (up)用桩支撑to support sth with a stake

stake (out) a/your claim (to/for/on sth)

公开宣布自己（对某物）的拥有权；向公众表示某物应属于自己to say or show publicly that you think sth should be yours

1.(标)桩;竖管,支柱

2.赌博;赌注,赌金

3.利害关系;风险

4.火刑柱;火刑

5.【体】奖金,奖品;有奖赛马

6.下在投机生意上的股本

7.【赛马】〈美口〉同“grubstake. enter for the Maiden Stakes”

8.桩砧,圆头砧,小铁砧

9.(装在车辆四周,防止所装货物散落的)栅柱

1.立桩,用桩分开,用桩标出或围住

2.赌

3.〈美口〉同“grubstake”

4.〈美俚〉(有偿地)对...给以经济援助

5.用桩撑持

6.拴(马)在桩上;拿桩戳

1.[Horse Racing]Same as grubstake. enter for the Maiden Stakes

2.a wooden or metal post with a pointed end that is used for supporting or marking something; a thick wooden pole that someone was tied to and burned in the past as a punishment

3.an amount of money that you risk losing when you try to guess the result of a race or competition; the things that you can gain or lose by taking a risk, for example in business or politics

4.the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it; the degree to which you are involved in something and want it to succeed

5.used in the names of some horse races; used for talking about a competition or comparison that seems like a race

1.Same as grubstake

2.to risk losing or damaging something valuable in order to obtain or achieve something; to risk money by betting it on the result of a race, competition, game, etc.