betting

noun

1. 打赌；赌钱
   the act of risking money, etc. on the unknown result of an event
   1. illegal betting
      非法赌钱

1. PHRASE 很有可能；十有八九
   If you say the betting is that 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。

1. The party is betting that the presidential race will turn into a battle for younger voters
   该党期待这次总统竞选变成一场争取年轻一代选民的斗争。
2. People were betting on a further easing of credit conditions.
   人们期待着贷款条件进一步放宽。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Racing has always had a symbiotic relationship with betting.
   赛马总是与赌博相挂钩。
6. I thought nothing of betting £ 1,000 on a horse.
   我认为把1,000英镑押在一匹马身上没什么了不起。
7. Foreigners are fond of betting.
   外国人喜欢打赌。
8. I think betting is a complete waste of money.
   我认为打赌完全是浪费金钱。
9. Enthusiasm for betting against Chinese stocks has also been stunted by rising share prices.
   此外，不断上涨的股价也打击了对中国股市的看空热情。
10. 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。
11. I looked at all the betting.
    我看了所有的赌注。
12. Sir, you must know you're betting against the market.
    先生，要知道你这可是在和市场对赌。
13. So in reality, I am betting against him.
    所以在现实中，我是和他在打赌。
14. And I'm betting if you check your garage.
    我打赌如果你看看你的车库。
15. I'm betting he can get a passport.
    我敢打赌他已经弄到了护照。
16. I'm betting we can match your fist to at least one of these bruises.
    这些瘀伤里总有能和你拳头对上号的。
17. I'm still betting he's gone.
    如果他跑了我就赢了。
18. Many hedge funds have been betting on oil prices to rise while financial stocks fall.
    许多对冲基金迄今押注油价上升而金融股下跌。
19. 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。
20. If I was a betting man.
    如果我是个好赌的人。
21. He spends all his money betting on horse races.
    他花了他所有的钱去赌马。
22. Better stop your friend's betting.
    最好劝劝你的朋友别赌了。
23. He shook his head. No, son I'm betting on you.
    他摇了下他的头，不孩子，我赌你。
24. If they spend too much money on betting, how can they support their families and their own living?
    如果他们花太多的钱在赌博，他们如何养活家人和自己的生活？
25. He has lost a lot of money betting on the dogs.
    他因赌赛狗输了很多钱。
26. Subprime lending is a gamble between financial institutions and borrowers, betting for the time and probability of borrowers'fink-out.
    次贷是金融机构与借款者进行赌博，赌的就是借款者背信发生的时间和概率。
27. 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。
28. I'm betting on one of these.
    我打赌是其中的一个。
29. I wasn't betting. I don't gamble.
    我没和谁赌，我从来不赌。
30. 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。

n.

what's the betting…?

the betting is that…

• 很可能；大概会
  it seems likely that…
  1. What's the betting that he gets his own way?
     你认为他可能会独行其是吗？
  2. The betting is that he'll get his own way.
     他很可能会得逞。

adj

1. 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