喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/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.

    示範例句 · Example

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

    逐字在大多數國家，賭博對任何未滿十八歲的人都是不被允許的。

    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。

    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

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：

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