gamble on

基本解释

The big money has ceded the marketplace to individuals who are bold enough, or perhaps foolish enough, to gamble on these stocks for a few hours.
那些持有大量资金的投资者，已经将这块股票市场转交给那些打算在这些股票上豪赌几个小时的个人，只要他们足够大胆，或者说足够蠢。
In Japan, the acquisition is a gamble on the continued growth of medical insurance as the population ages, even as other Western firms strengthen their foothold there.
在日本，恰恰在其他西方公司也在那里巩固立足地位的时候，收购是对“由于人口年龄的增加，医疗保险将持续增长”所下的赌注。
The psychologists noticed that, when people were offered a gamble on the toss of a coin in which they might lose $20, they demanded an average payoff of at least $40 if they won.
心理学家发现，人们在一个掷硬币的赌博游戏中，如果他们输了的话，可能会失去20元，那么，他们就会要求，如果他们赢了，至少要有平均40美元的收益。

Proctor and Gamble signed on as a U.S.Olympic Team sponsor last September, but it was only last month that the U.S.-based company announced it would sponsor a P&G Family Home at the Vancouver Olympics for TEAM USA.
Whether to gamble, based on efficient-- based on expected utility theory.
例如赌博,你们是注重效率呢,还是注重预期效用
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The gamble was our wings will crush their wings and turn in on them from behind and from the side, and set them a running before they break through our middle.
赌的是在敌军突破我军的中路之前,我军的两翼摧毁敌军两翼,从侧翼和后方合围对手,使之四处逃散
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Experimenters have teased out this surprising conclusion by inviting subjects to gamble on the throw of dice.
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